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Darlington is a small suburb in southern inner Sydney, Australia. The western half of the suburb is a campus of the University of Sydney, the eastern half an area largely populated by students from the university, where housing is relatively cheap due to proximity to The Block in Redfern.
Darlington is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia. Darlington is formally part of the City of Sydney and within the informal region of the Inner West. It is located between the suburbs of Redfern, Chippendale and Camperdown and Newtown. Darlington includes a number of sub-suburban divisions including Golden Grove. It is a minuscule suburb that has been largely taken over by the University of Sydney. Darlington is bordered by City Road to the west, Cleveland Street to the north, the railway line to the east and south and an indistinct boundary with Newtown to the south-west.
Most of Darlington is built on the terrace house model, with provision for dunny lanes. This means that undetached two storey terraces face one another across a small street, often crowded with parked cars. Behind these houses is usually a one-car width lane, or a pedestrian access lane. These lanes were originally used to give sani-men or human waste collectors access to the bucket style toilets located in sheds at the fence-line of the backyard. With the introduction of sewerage to Darlington, the backyard dunnies generally became sheds, and the lanes became defunct. Backlanes are now generally used for storing garbage bins, dumping general refuse onto the street, and occasionally access to properties from the rear. The street-lane system affords raked varigated views on both sides, with both sides heavily cultivated by Darlington's keen and individualistic gardeners. See the pictures for examples of a typical street view and a typical backlane view.
Darlington was historically a suburb of the industrial working class. It has often been used as a student dormitory suburb due to its proximity to the University of Sydney's Camperdown campus. Controversially, the University of Sydney acquired a large number of houses in Darlington in the 1980s and destroyed a significant portion of the suburb to make way for a new Darlington campus. This destroyed much of the historical character of the suburb, and the remains are dominated by the University and University related housing.
Darlington features two significant landmarks. The Eveleigh Railway Yards off Wilson St. are now defunct. The Block is a major housing area owned by the aboriginal community. The Block is commonly associated with the Sydney suburb of Redfern, but is actually located in Darlington. Darlington is serviced by busses on the City Road route, and by the Railway stations of Redfern and Macdonaldtown.
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