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Paddington Post Office
The Paddington Post Office (Postal code, postcode: 2021) is a Heritage register, heritage-listed post office located at 246 Oxford Street, Sydney, Oxford Street in , a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Australia Post The post office is owned and operated by Australia Post. The building was also a former telephone exchange. It was designed by the New South Wales Government Architect, New South Wales Colonial Architect's Office under James Barnet and later Walter Liberty Vernon, and was built by William Farley. The building was added to the Commonwealth Heritage List, the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 December 2000, and the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. History Paddington This suburb, which too ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Street, Sydney
Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, running from Whitlam Square on the south-east corner of Hyde Park in the central business district (CBD) of Sydney to Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs. Close to the CBD in particular, the street is lined with numerous shops, bars and nightclubs. After the 1980s, Oxford Street garnered a reputation as Sydney's primary nightclub strip (firstly gay nightclubs in the 1980s followed by straight nightclubs in the 2000s) and subsequently saw a large increase in the number of crimes committed in the area. However, the 2014 lockout laws saw many nightclubs close and the crime rate drop as Sydney's nightlife hubs moved to Darling Harbour and Newtown. The lockout laws ended in 2020 with a focus on small bars and restaurants. Many nightclubs reopened in 2021 especially around Taylor Square. The western section of Oxford Street, which runs through the suburb of Darlinghurst, is widely recognised as Sydney' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
