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Brett Whiteley
Studio 1
2 Raper St, Surry Hills. Map 5 A4.
Tel 9225 1881.
French and numerous Italian
eateries scattered around the
suburb, along with smart and
casual cafés and stylish pubs.
Once the centre of Sydney's
garment trade, it still has fac-
tory outlets where clothing,
lingerie and haberdashery can
be purchased at below retail
prices. Alternative fashion and
retro clothing shops are found
at the Oxford Street end of
Crown Street. These boutiques
attract the street-smart crowd.
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343, 372, 393.
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10am-4pm Sat & Sun, or by
appointment on Thu & Fri.
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Easter
Sun, 25 Dec.
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partial access.
In June 1992, Brett Whiteley,
enfant terrible of Australian
contemporary art, died unex-
pectedly at the age of 53. An
internationally acclaimed and
prolific artist, he produced
some of the most sumptuous
images of Sydney and its dis-
tinctive harbour ever painted.
In 1985, Whiteley bought a
former factory and converted
it into a studio and residence.
The studio is now a public
museum and art gallery. It
features the work of Whiteley
and other artists. Visitors gain
an insight into Whiteley's life
and work through changing
exhibitions and displays of his
effects and memorabilia. The
studio is under the administra-
tion of the Art Gallery of New
South Wales (see pp108-11).
University of
Sydney 3
Parramatta Rd, Camperdown.
Map 3 B5. Tel 9351 2222.
Shop in Crown Street, Surry Hills
in the South . In the postwar
years, the low property and
rental prices attracted a large
number of new migrants to
the already-hectic district.
In recent decades, young
professionals have moved into
the area, lured by the charm
of its Victorian terraces and
closeness to the city. Many
of the suburb's traditional
inhabitants have since
been displaced.
Today Surry Hills
is a curious mixture
of fashion and seedi-
ness. Newly renovated
houses stand alongside
dilapidated dwellings,
while streets of elegant
Victorian terraces abut
modern high-rise flats and
factory warehouses.
For the visitor, the
suburb offers a wide
range of ethnic cuisines, often
at bargain prices. It is famed
for the Lebanese and Turkish
restaurants that cluster near
the intersection of Cleveland
and Elizabeth Streets. You will
also find Indian, Chinese, Thai,
343,
Parramatta Rd & City Rd routes.
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phone 9351
2274 (book one week in advance).
daily.
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Inaugurated in 1850, this is
Australia's oldest university.
The campus is a sprawling
hotchpotch of buildings
from different eras, of
often dubious architec-
tural merit. However,
the original Victorian
Gothic main building
still stands on its ele-
vated site, dominating
its surroundings. The
work of the Colonial
Architect Edmund
Blacket, it is scrupulously
modelled on the
architecture of Cam-
bridge and Oxford.
It features intricate stone
tracery, a clock tower with
carved pinnacles, gargoyles
(one, in the quadrangle, repre-
sents a crocodile) and a
cloistered main quadrangle.
The gem of the complex,
and probably Blacket's finest
work, is the Great Hall at the
main building's northern end.
This grandly sombre hall, with
its carved cedar ceiling and
stained-glass windows depic-
ting famous philosophers and
scientists, is often used for
public concerts as well as for
university ceremonies.
The Nicholson Museum of
antiquities, the natural history
Macleay Museum and the War
Memorial Art Gallery, which
houses the university's art
collection, are all within the
grounds. They are open to the
public on most weekdays.
Surry Hills 2
Map 5 A3.
301, 302, 303, 304,
339. See Shops and Markets
pp200-201.
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Statue of Hermes,
Nicholson Museum
This was once one of the
more depressed areas of the
inner city. In the 1920s, Surry
Hills was a haunt of the razor
gangs that terrorized inner-
city Sydney. The 1940s slums
were vividly described in Ruth
Park's celebrated novels Poor
Man's Orange and The Harp
Brett Whiteley Studio: former artist's studio, now a museum
 
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