Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
KINGS CROSS AND
DARLINGHURST
Situated on the eastern
Sydney, famed as much for
their street life and thriving
café culture as for their
unsavoury features. Kings
Cross exudes a welcome
breath of bohemia, in
spite of the sleaze of Darling-
hurst Road and the flaunting
of its red light district. Darlinghurst
comes brilliantly into its own every
March, when the flamboyant Gay and
Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, supported
by huge crowds of spectators, makes
its triumphant way along Oxford Street.
fringe of the city, Kings
Cross, known as “The
Cross”, and Darlinghurst
are a couple of Sydney
celebrities. Their allure is
tarnished - or enhanced, per-
haps - by trails of scandal and
corruption. Kings Cross, particularly,
is still regarded as a hotbed of vice;
both areas still bear the taint of 1920s
gangland associations. In fact, both
are now cosmopolitan areas - among
the most densely populated parts of
Façade detail,
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(see p119)
SIGHTS AT A GLANCE
Historic Streets and
Buildings
Victoria Street
2
Elizabeth Bay House
3
Old Gaol, Darlinghurst
6
Darlinghurst Court House
7
Parks and Gardens
Beare Park
4
GETTING THERE
Kings Cross railway station
serves the area. Bus number
311 travels through Kings
Cross and Darlinghurst, while
the 324, 325 and 389 are also
useful. Buses 378, 380 and 382
travel along Oxford Street.
Monuments
El Alamein Fountain
1
Museums and Galleries
Sydney Jewish Museum
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CityRail station
Railway line
The large neon sign at the top of William Street marking the entrance to Kings Cross
