Suburb Profile

Darlinghurst

Darlinghurst is named in honour of Elizabeth Darling, the popular wife of Ralph Darling, NSW Governor from 1825-1831. The area was originally known as Eastern Hill and later Henrietta Town, after Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s wife whose second name was Henrietta. \'Hurst\' is the old English word for a wooded area.
At the most recent census the area…

Darlinghurst is named in honour of Elizabeth Darling, the popular wife of Ralph Darling, NSW Governor from 1825-1831. The area was originally known as Eastern Hill and later Henrietta Town, after Governor…

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Elizabeth Bay

Elizabeth Bay was named in honour of Governor Macquarie’s wife, Elizabeth, with the area originally known by its Aboriginal name, Yarrandabby.
Many oyster shell mounds, thousands of years old, are hidden in rocky crags along the foreshore indicating an ancient Aboriginal presence.
Alexander Macleay (1767–1848), a botanist, was the NSW Colonial…

Elizabeth Bay was named in honour of Governor Macquarie’s wife, Elizabeth, with the area originally known by its Aboriginal name, Yarrandabby.
Many oyster shell mounds, thousands of years old, are hidden…

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Potts Point

Potts Point is named after Joseph Hyde Potts, Australia’s first bank teller of Australia\'s first bank, Westpac. He designed Australia’s first bank note and lived as bank manager and teller in the original bank premises in George Street. One of the bank’s Directors, Judge Wylde, after whom Wylde Street is now named, received a land grant from…

Potts Point is named after Joseph Hyde Potts, Australia’s first bank teller of Australia\'s first bank, Westpac. He designed Australia’s first bank note and lived as bank manager and teller in the…

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Rushcutters Bay

Rushcutters Bay is one of the most beautiful green urban environments in Australia. The area became known as Rushcutters Bay in the 1780s when colonial convicts plucked valuable rushes from the nearby tidal, muddy, swamp lands facing the harbour to make hats, mats, roof thatching, brushes, baskets and valuable wicks for oil lamps.
The area is now…

Rushcutters Bay is one of the most beautiful green urban environments in Australia. The area became known as Rushcutters Bay in the 1780s when colonial convicts plucked valuable rushes from the nearby…

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Surry Hills

The first land grants in Surry Hills were made in the 1790s when Major Foveaux was granted over 100 acres. He called his farm Surry Hills, after Surrey Hills in England, although the reason for the spelling change remains unknown. Much of the hilly terrain was declared “inhospitable”, with areas like Prince Alfred Park known simply as the Government…

The first land grants in Surry Hills were made in the 1790s when Major Foveaux was granted over 100 acres. He called his farm Surry Hills, after Surrey Hills in England, although the reason for the spelling…

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Woolloomooloo

Woolloomooloo is one of the longest suburb names in Australia with a long history to match.
Its ancient Aboriginal name may derive from the word, Wallamullah, meaning place of plenty, or wal-mala, meaning a burial ground. Aborigines have inhabited the area continuously for over 40,000 years.The general area was a low-lying farm in the eighteenth century…

Woolloomooloo is one of the longest suburb names in Australia with a long history to match.
Its ancient Aboriginal name may derive from the word, Wallamullah, meaning place of plenty, or wal-mala, meaning…

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