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Erskineville Trackplan
Erskineville is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 6 kilometres south west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. Erskineville is a diverse suburb homing to a wide variety of ethnicity from its varying Southeast Europe and Aboriginal community. Erskineville is colloquially known as ''Erko''. Erskineville is bordered by the suburbs of Newtown to the west, Redfern to the north, St Peters to the south, and Alexandria to the east. The locality of Macdonaldtown sits over the north-west border. Erskineville is a residential suburb. Erskineville Oval is located on the eastern border of the suburb. History The suburb was originally called after an earlier subdivision in 1846 in the south of Erskineville owned by Stephen Macdonald. The streets around the early Macdonaldtown subdivision are named after relations of the Macdonald family - Amy, Flora, Eve, Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskineville Town Hall
The Erskineville Town Hall is a landmark civic building in Erskineville, New South Wales, Erskineville, a suburb of Sydney. It stands at 104 Erskineville Road. It was opened in 1938 in the Australian non-residential architectural styles#Inter-war Mediterranean, Inter-war Mediterranean Revival architecture, Mediterranean style by Lindsay Gordon Scott. The Town Hall was the seat of Municipality of Erskineville, Erskineville Municipal Council from 1938 to 1948 and was the seat of the City of South Sydney, South Sydney Councils from 1968 to 1982 and 1989 to 2003. Since 2004 the town hall has been a community centre for the City of Sydney servicing the local area and is listed as a heritage item of local significance by the City of Sydney. History and description The original Erskineville Town Hall was built on an adjacent site in the 1880s following the incorporation of the Macdonaldtown Municipal Council in 1872. The original town hall replaced a small building which had been used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
