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DARLING HARBOUR AND

SURRY HILLS

Darling Harbour is named after the seventh high-rise residential, hotel and commercial
governor of New South Wales, Ralph Darling. developments, a pedestrian boulevard and
It was an unsavoury place in the late 19th walkways, and increased public green space.
century, known for its thieves’ dens and bawdy Until the 1940s, Surry Hills was a depressed,
houses. The docks were an embarkation point inner city slum area, vividly described in Ruth
for wool and other exports. As Sydney Harbour Park’s The Harp in the South. In the postwar
industry declined, Darling Harbour became years, it became home to mostly European
rundown, only to be revived as a focal point migrants and the garment and fashion
of the 1988 Bicentenary. Several decades trade. More recently, young professionals
on, Darling Harbour is being transformed, have moved in, lured by a thriving café and
through world-class entertainment venues, restaurant scene and proximity to the city.
Restaurants pp189–191
1 BBQ King 6 Caysorn Thai 14 King Street Brewhouse
2 Berta 7 Chat Thai 15 Kobe Jones
3 Bodega 8 Devon 16 El Loco at Slip Inn
4 Boon 9 Din Tai Fung 17 Longrain
5 Cafe Rumah 10 The Dolphin Hotel Dining 18 LuMi Bar & Dining
Room 19 Mahjong Room
11 Encasa 20 The Malaya
12 Golden Century 21 Mamak
13 Home Café & Thai Restaurant 22 Marigold
23 Mohr Fish
24 Momofuku Seiobo
14 •15 •20 300m
PYRMONT 25 •30 25 Nick’s Bar & Grill
BAY PARK
300m 26 Paramount Coffee Project
27 Pasteur
Pyrmont 28 Reuben Hills
Bay
29 Sepia
200m
30 Steerson’s Steakhouse
31 Taste Baguette on Sussex Lane
Cockle
Bay 32 Zaafran
D A R L I N G
SUSSEX STREET
Convention BATHURST STREET
P Y R M O N T
H A R R I S
HARBOUR
DARLING Museum
HARBOUR L I V E R P O O L S T R E E T
1km CASTLEREAG O X F O R D S T R E E T
S T R E E T
STREET
R O A D
S T R E E T
Exhibition STREET SUSSEX STREET GOULBURN STREET H W E N T W O R T H A V E N U E GOULBURN STREET
PIE R
S T R E E T
CHINATOWN STREET
Paddy's STREET CAMPBELL STREET
Markets RILEY STREET
HAY STREET COMMONWEALTH STREET
Capitol
Square ELIZABETH MARY STREET
ULTIMO ROAD G E O R G E PITT BELMORE A L B I O N S T R E E T CROWN STREET
PARK
RAILWAY Central EDDY AVE STREET SURRY
SQUARE HILLS
BR O ADWAY Railway STREET SOPHIA STREET
Central
H A R R I S S T R E E T
FOVEAUX STR
Station
LEE ST CHALMERS COOPER STREET WATERLOO STREET LITTLE RILEY STREET EET RILEY STREET
REGENT ST
See also Street Finder, CROWN STREET
maps 1, 3 & 4 D E V O N S H I R E S T R E E T
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