Chippendale, New South Wales

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Chippendale
Sydney, New South Wales

Mortuary Station
Population: 3300 (2001 census)
Postcode: 2008
Area: 0.7 km² (0.3 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $588,000 (2007)
Location: 2 km (1 mi) south of CBD
LGA: City of Sydney
State District: Sydney
Federal Division: Sydney
Suburbs around Chippendale:
Glebe Ultimo Haymarket
Camperdown Chippendale Surry Hills
Darlington Darlington Redfern

Chippendale is a small inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Chippendale is located 2 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. Chippendale is sandwiched between Broadway to the north and Cleveland Street to the south, Sydney Central railway station to the east and the University of Sydney to the west.

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[edit] Houses

Chippendale is primarily residential, and has the lowest open space per person of any Sydney suburb, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. It is notable for being the location of the 168-year-old Carlton & United brewery, although this is now closed. Frasers Property Australia purchased the brewery site from the Foster’s Group on June 29, 2007. In April 2008 Frasers began redeveloping the site as a large high density residential development under the name of "Balfour Park" (see www.frasersbroadway.com.au).

Chippen Street flats

Meagher Street flats and gallery

Shannon Hotel

[edit] Commercial Area

Chippendale has a few scattered shops, cafes and pubs. The small suburb depends on Broadway for shopping and services. The historic Regent Street railway station or 'Mortuary Station' is located on the eastern side of the suburb.

[edit] Schools

The University of Notre Dame Australia sits along the northern border. The University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Sydney have campuses nearby.

St Benedicts Church and University of Notre Dame

UTS Blackfriars Campus

[edit] History

  • This area was first occupied by the Gadigal people of the Dharug Nation. William Chippendale was granted a 95 acre estate in 1819. It stretched to the present day site of Redfern railway station. Chippendale sold the estate to Solomon Levey, emancipist and merchant, in 1821, for 380 pounds. Solomon Levey died while in London, in 1833. Levey's heirs sold over 62 acres to William Hutchinson.
  • After his big win as Australian Idol in 2006, The video for Damien Leith's first ever and winning single, Night Of My Life, was filmed here. However it was filmed in the daytime rather than the nighttime as the title suggests.

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