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The area now known as Darlinghurst lies on the traditional lands of Gadigal people. They continued to visit and use the place into the 1840s. [19]Although close to Sydney, rocky ridges and shallow soil made the area less attractive for the early settlers than other more productive, arable sites and it was not developed by European settlers until the early 19th century.
A feature of the development of Darlinghurst in the nineteenth century was the number of major public and religious institutions that were built on its fringes. The first was Darlinghurst Gaol, begun in 1822 (designed in sections by Mortimer Lewis, George Barney and James Barnet).
by. Mark Dunn. , 2011. Used by its traditional owners, the Gadigal people, well into the 1840s, Darlinghurst was a quarry and windmill site before it became popular for the fine villas of the colony's well-to-do, in the 1830s. Subsequent booms and busts raised and lowered the suburb's fortunes, creating the mix of poor and posh, criminal and ...
The area now known as Darlinghurst lies on the traditional lands of Gadigal people. They continued to visit and use the place into the 1840s. [19] Although close to Sydney, rocky ridges and shallow soil made the area less attractive for the early settlers than other more productive, arable sites and it was not developed by European settlers until the early 19th century.
May 9, 2024 · The suburb of Darlinghurst emerged from the wild scrub at the eastern edge of town in the mid-19th century. In this talk, City Historian Laila Ellmoos will share how the City archives shed light on the rapid urbanisation of Darlinghurst in the 19th century, and the intricate and intimate interconnections between neighbours, tenants and landlords.
The conditions that produced Darlinghurst’s underworld had been building for several decades. Gangs of ‘larrikins’, a term that first emerged in Australia in the 1870s to describe youthful delinquents whose behaviours ranged from petty nuisances to serious violence, roamed the streets of Darlinghurst from the late nineteenth century.
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH IN DARLINGHURST GAOL 1867-1914 AND THE FATE OF THE HOMELESS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY SYDNEY BY DR. PHILIP NORRIE MBBS (NSW), MSc (Sydney), MSocSc (Hons) (CSU) PhD (UWS), FPA Cert, FIBA A Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Research) School of History Faculty of Arts
