Barangaroo, New South Wales

Barangaroo Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney Ports Harbour Control Tower
Established:	2007
Postcode:	2000
Coordinates:	33°51′40″S 151°12′11″E / 33.8611°S 151.203°E / -33.8611; 151.203Coordinates: 33°51′40″S 151°12′11″E / 33.8611°S 151.203°E / -33.8611; 151.203
Location:	1 km (1 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	City of Sydney
Parish:	St. Philip
State District:	Port Jackson
Federal Division:	Sydney
Suburbs around Barangaroo: Port Jackson Dawes Point Darling Harbour Barangaroo The Rocks Sydney CBD Millers Point

Barangaroo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district and the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

The naming and redevelopment of Barangaroo was an initiative of the Government of New South Wales to provide more commercial office space and recreational area for a growing Sydney population. ^[1]

History

Barangaroo was named in 2006 to honour Barangaroo, an important indigenous woman from Sydney's early history who was a powerful and colourful figure in the colonisation of Australia. ^[2] She was also the wife of Bennelong, another important indigenous figure after whom Bennelong Point is named, the site of the Sydney Opera House. The name was submitted by Nigel Dawe, winner of a public competition to name the area.

Barangaroo comprises the now defunct shipping port and parts of the suburb known as Millers Point. The area had also been nicknamed The Hungry Mile by harbourside workers during the Great Depression, as during that time workers would line up along the road opposite the wharves as foremen chose the casual labourers for the day. Those who were left without work were often left hungry.

Pope Benedict XVI arriving in 2008

World Youth Day

In 2008, before the site was redeveloped, Barangaroo was a World Youth Day 2008 site used for the opening mass for an estimated 150,000 people, concerts, a re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross and for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI to Sydney.

Redevelopment

As stevedoring operations moved to ports at Port Botany and Port Kembla, the Government of New South Wales determined that this site should be renewed as an extension of the Sydney CBD with a significant new foreshore park providing recreational areas for a growing inner city population. ^[3]

Stage 1 Development Proposals

Barangaroo will be developed in stages. The Stage 1 development includes a major portion of the southern development zone and includes:

• Development blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4;
• The design and development of the public domain adjoining development blocks 1 to 4 including the southern cove;
• Delivery of infrastructure to support development blocks 1 to 4 and adjoining the public domain;
• The remediation of land comprising development blocks 1 to 4 and adjoining the public domain, southern cove, development block 5 (and adjoining the public domain) and potentially parts of Hickson Road.

The assessment of the detailed proposals is managed by the Barangaroo Delivery Authority with specialist expert advisors appointed by the Authority to independently address six criteria. Lend Lease was chosen as the developer to oversee the construction of the district on 20th December 2009 ^[4], construction is expected to commence by 2011.

Barangaroo, before the shipping buildings were demolished in February 2008

Headland Park

In February 2009, an amended proposal to create a more natural headland and larger northern cove for Barangaroo was released for public comment. The amendment allows a natural park to be created for Sydney and return this part of the harbour and its foreshore to the community after more than 100 years of industrial use.

Paul Keating, the former prime minister who chairs a design panel for Barangaroo, has received criticism by some who claim he has steam-rollered the project to statisfy his own whim that the site should closely resemble the original headland. The National Trust has labelled the the proposals put forward by Mr Keating as a 'fairy tale' ^[5] whilst Phillip Thalis one of the architects of the winning international competition for the site, a stage previous to the Stage 1 Development Proposals, has been deeply unhappy with the changes which have been made after that point. ^[6]

See also

• Millers Point
• The Hungry Mile

References

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External links

• Barangaroo website

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