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The Hopetoun Hotel, colloquially referred to as The Hoey, [1] is a historic Sydney hotel and live music venue in Surry Hills. It was built somewhere between 1836 and 1839, originally under the name of the Cookatoo Inn and then in 1901 revamped and named in honour of the first Governor General, Lord Hopetoun . [ 2 ]
The movie Tim was filmed at the Hotel Hollywood as was Erskineville Kings (1999). [16] The film clip Boots was filmed at the hotel and features Doris Goddard (actress and publican) singing and playing guitar in the credits. [17] Other television series filmed at the Hollywood include Blue Murder, Brides of Christ and Water Rats. [16]
Surry Hills Markets are held in Shannon Reserve at the corner of Crown and Collins Streets, on the first Saturday of every month, [9] and the Surry Hills Festival is an annual community event, attracting tens of thousands of visitors, held in and around Ward Park, Shannon Reserve, Crown Street and Hill Street. [10]
The White Horse Hotel was constructed in the 1930s when Surry Hills was a working-class suburb. [2] British historian Jane Peyton writes that at that time, the hotel was a central gathering place for colourful characters. [2] Since then, Surry Hills has become gentrified over time and with it the Hotel has improved significantly.
Durham Hall is located on part of the land grant of 28 hectares (70 acres) to John Palmer on 1 April 1794. Isaac Nichols purchased part of Allotment 20 in August 1814. After subdivision in 1833 the land was bought by Thomas Broughton and subsequently by George Hill, in 1835 [5] who built Durham Hall on this and adjoining lots.
The Cleveland House is a heritage-listed former residence, hospital, convent and aged care facility and now vacant building located at 146–164 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia. The building is located at the rear of the block and is best viewed from Bedford Street.
This is a list of buildings designed in part or full by Edmund Blacket.Blacket was an Australian architect, best known for his designs for the University of Sydney, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn.
Prior to its 2013 launch the British edition of the website was already popular with Australian audiences, with over 1.3 million users per month helping it rank just outside the top 10 most-visited news websites in Australia. [5] In June 2018 [6] and July 2021, [7] Guardian Australia was ranked No. 5 among news websites in Australia.