Sussex Street is a street in the
central business district
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of
Sydney
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in
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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. It runs north-south along the western side of the city, between Hickson Road and
Hay Street. It is in the
local government area
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of the
City of Sydney
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. The street is long. It was named in honour of
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
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, the sixth son of
King George III
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.
The street is home to the headquarters of
NSW Labor (ALP) and "Sussex Street" is widely used as a
metonym
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for the ALP in general and for ALP headquarters in particular.
Description
Sussex Street is adjacent to
Darling Harbour
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and as such has a wide range of buildings associated with the harbour activities and industries. In this respect it is similar to other streets like
Kent Street and Wattle Street, whose character was largely influenced by their proximity to Darling Harbour.
The street features a large number of older, heritage buildings, alongside more recent developments like the Sheraton Four Points Hotel. It is in a part of the city that was depressed for a long time, but which has been revitalised recently.
Heritage buildings
The following buildings are listed on various heritage registers:
* 20 Sussex Street:
Sussex Hotel, listed on the
New South Wales State Heritage Register
The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritag ...
.
* 81 Sussex Street:
Bristol Arms Hotel, listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.
* 95–99 Sussex Street:
Hawken and Vance Produce Exchange, listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.
* 107–117 Sussex Street:
Royal George Hotel, Sydney (), listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register,
the City of Sydney heritage register, and the (since defunct)
Register of the National Estate
The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007. Phasing out began in 2003, when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heri ...
.
[The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, pp.2/109-110]
*
121–127 Sussex Street (1850s), listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.
and the (since defunct) Register of the National Estate.
[
* 139–153 Sussex Street (), listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.][
* 161 Sussex Street: 161 Sussex Street, Sydney, listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.]Dundee Arms Hotel
The Dundee Arms Hotel, commonly called The Dundee Arms, is a heritage-listed pub located at 171 Sussex Street, Sydney, Sussex Street, in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1860. It was added to ...
(1850), listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register[
* 173–185 Sussex Street: ]Corn Exchange
A corn exchange is a building where merchants trade grains. The word "corn" in British English denotes all cereal grains, such as wheat and barley; in the United States these buildings were called grain exchanges. Such trade was common in towns ...
, designed by George McRae (1887), listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.[
* Hunter River Steamship Navigation Company building, (), listed on the (since defunct) Register of the National Estate.][
* Shelbourne Hotel, designed by Wilson, Neave and Berry (1902), listed on the (since defunct) Register of the National Estate.][
* Windermere Chambers, corner Sussex and King Streets, designed by ]Walter Liberty Vernon
Colonel (Australia), Colonel Walter Liberty Vernon (11 August 184617 January 1914) was an English people, English architect who migrated to Australia and pursued his career as an architect in Sydney, New South Wales. In his role as the New Sou ...
and Howard Joseland, built 1880–1890, listed on the City of Sydney heritage register.
* Former Public School, designed by George Allen Mansfield (1875), later used as Flying Angel Seafarers Centre, listed on the City of Sydney heritage register.
Gallery
Image:(1)_Sussex_Street_Building.JPG, Former terrace house located at 163–169 Sussex Street
Image:(1)_Dundee_Arms.JPG, The Dundee Arms Hotel
The Dundee Arms Hotel, commonly called The Dundee Arms, is a heritage-listed pub located at 171 Sussex Street, Sydney, Sussex Street, in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1860. It was added to ...
Image:(1)_Former_bank_Sussex_Street.JPG, Windermere Chambers
Image:(1)_Hunter_River_Steamship_Navigation_Company.JPG, Hunter River Steamship Navigation Company
Image:(1)_Shelbourne_Hotel.JPG, Shelbourne Hotel
Image:(1)_Bristol_Arms_Hotel.JPG, Bristol Arms Hotel
Image:(1)_Royal George_Hotel.JPG, Royal George Hotel
Image:(1)former_public_school.jpg, Former public school
Image:1_Sussex_Street001.jpg, Archival shot of Sussex Street with the Corn Exchange
A corn exchange is a building where merchants trade grains. The word "corn" in British English denotes all cereal grains, such as wheat and barley; in the United States these buildings were called grain exchanges. Such trade was common in towns ...
on the left
See also
* Sydney central business district
The Sydney central business district (CBD) is the historical and main Central business district, commercial centre of Sydney. The CBD is Sydney's city centre, or Sydney City, and the two terms are used interchangeably. Colloquially, the CBD or ...
References
External links
{{Streets of Sydney Australia
Streets in Sydney
Sydney central business district