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James, who subdivided the block as the Strawberry Hill Estate in 1832. Strawberry Hill was a huge mound of sand, made mobile in the 1820s by the destruction of undergrowth by woodcutters, turfcutters, graziers and quarriers. During the 1830s the sand began to advance on the new Strawberry Hill Estate.
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Strawberry Hill was part of a 70-acre land grant to John Palmer in 1794. Facing substantial debts, his holdings were subdivided into large blocks for the Provost Marshal's Sale of 1814. John Connell farmed the largest of these blocks south of Devonshire Street. He sold the property to Thomas Horton
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Unregulated and unrestrained low-cost housing developed in the area. By the 1870s the area was well known for its poor sanitary conditions. After the construction of the Central railway station and associated resumptions and demolition, industry became established in Surry Hills, with warehouses
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A cycling velodrome and associated sporting facility was built on Strawberry Hill in the early 20th century. After World War II, regeneration of Surry Hills as a residential area began with an influx of migrants and change of policy. The
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The neighbourhood features mostly mixed commercial/residential & business developments with medium to high density residential developments, including terrace housing and newer apartment blocks.
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on Devonshire and Clisdell Streets. By 1961 the fifteen-storey tower "Northcott Place" was completed on Strawberry Hill.
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The area originally known as Strawberry Hill, was named after the hill centred under 'Northcott Place' at Surry Hills.
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Strawberry Hills is also the home of a number of significant cultural organisations including
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springing up in streets like Marshall Street. Inner-city housing stock became depleted.
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demolished the original housing stock and built three storey
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Sydney
New South Wales

Cleveland Street
Postcode(s)
Sydney CBD
LGA(s)
City of Sydney
Sydney CBD
Surry Hills
Surry Hills
Chippendale
Surry Hills
Redfern
Redfern
Redfern
Sydney
New South Wales
Central railway station
Surry Hills
Redfern
local government area
City of Sydney
Opera Australia
The Australia Council for the Arts
Belvoir Street Theatre
traditional
Australian jazz
Elizabeth Street
Australia Post NSW headquarters

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