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The City's Backyard: Surry Hills walk

The theme of NSW History Week 2005 was Transform. Few parts of Sydney can have been so greatly transformed as Surry Hills, aptly described by historian Christopher Keating as "the city's backyard". Roy Lumby led a great walk on September 25, with many highlights along the way.

These included a building for Toohey's Limited (above), Sharpies Golf House, Elizabeth House, the Droga Apartment, the Albion Street Children's Court, the Railway Institute Building, the Amalgamated Engineering Building, the Reader's Digest Building, the W.C. Penfold Building, and the distinctive United Dental Hospital.

A walk booklet containing more detailed information about buildings featured here can be obtained from the Society.

 

 

 

 

 

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