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Brickfield Hill is a
Brickmaking in early Sydney
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Brickfield Hill is a City of Sydney
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locality in inner city Sydney, Australia
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. The name was used for the surrounding settlement serving the colony's growing need for bricks, and today is part of the suburb of Surry Hills
Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney. Surry Hills is sur ...
.
History
Brickfield Hill was a Sydney postal address until postcodes were introduced in 1967, and roughly covered the area betweenSydney Town Hall
The Sydney Town Hall is a late 19th-century heritage-listed town hall building in the city of Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, housing the chambers of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, council offices, and venues for meetings a ...
and Central Station
Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...
. The area was used for brick-making, hence the term, up until the 1840s when land values rose and merchant stores, warehouses, and housing became more prominent, although the area remained a relatively poor 'slum' area of the city. In 1905, following the destruction of their Haymarket store by fire in 1901, Anthony Hordern & Sons opened their new "Palace Emporium" on Brickfield Hill, the construction of which involved the demolition of several houses including Samuel Hordern
Sir Samuel Hordern (24 September 1876 – 3 June 1956) was an Australian businessman, animal breeder and philanthropist. Born into the prominent Sydney trading family, Hordern directed the family company of Anthony Hordern & Sons from 1909 ...
's birthplace. Following the demise of the Hordern retailing empire, the building was used by the New South Wales Institute of Technology
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1830s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 202 ...
Faculty of Business and later also Faculty of Law, from 1967-1984. The building was controversially demolished in 1985–1986 and was eventually replaced by the World Square development.
See also
* Jack Lang, 23rdPremier of New South Wales
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, was born in Brickfield Hill in 1876.
* Brickfielder, the hot wind, takes its name from Brickfield HillWilkes, G.A. 1978. ''A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms'' Fontana.
*Devonshire Street Cemetery
The Devonshire Street Cemetery (also known as the Brickfield Cemetery or Sandhills Cemetery) was located between Eddy Avenue and Elizabeth Street, and between Chalmers and Devonshire Streets, at Brickfield Hill, in Sydney, Australia. It was con ...
, incorrectly known as Brickfield Hill Cemetery as it was located in this area.
*Athenaeum Theatre, Sydney The Athenaeum Theatre was an entertainment venue at 610 George Street on Brickfield Hill, Sydney, between Liverpool and Bathurst streets. For most of existence it was a venue for screening films and live acts, including lectures, but not live thea ...
, short-lived entertainment venue at 610 George Street
References
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Brickmaking in early Sydney
The Old Sydney Burial Ground
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