Woolloomooloo

Suburb

Inner-city suburb on Woolloomooloo Bay, east of central Sydney.

Woolloomooloo

by Shirley Fitzgerald, 2008

 

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Woolloomooloo's chequered history includes its past as a Gadigal hunting ground and ceremonial space, its subsequent use for farming and country housing for Sydney's elite, and its evolution into an area of workers cottages and maritime industry. From the 1970s new residents joined with unions and locals to preserve Woolloomooloo from developers.
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