The Hungry Mile

The Hungry Mile is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in the Great Depression.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Sydney Observatory.

Darling Harbour

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

Darling Harbour is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central Sydney. It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

Sydney Observatory

Museum

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

The Sydney Observatory is a heritage-listed meteorological station, astronomical observatory, function venue, science museum, and education facility located on Observatory Hill at Upper Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.

S. H. Ervin Gallery

Art gallery

The S. H. Ervin Gallery is a major public art institution housed in the historic National Trust Centre in Observatory Park, Sydney. "The gallery's exhibition programme is designed to explore the richness and diversity of Australian art, both historical and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Millers Point and The Rocks.

Millers Point

Suburb

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

The Rocks

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

The Rocks is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night. It is the historical precinct of central Sydney immediately to the north of the City centre on the western side of Sydney Cove, and where the First Fleet set up their first convict settlement.

Sydney

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sydney is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in Australia with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.

The Hungry Mile

Type: Neighborhood
Description: docklands area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Category: locality
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.86124° or 33° 51′ 41″ south

Longitude

151.20286° or 151° 12′ 10″ east

Open location code

4RRH46Q3+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 940888111

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

Wikidata ID

Q7741025

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Satellite Map

Discover The Hungry Mile from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barangaroo and Wynyard.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Richmond Villa and Kent Street Tennis Courts.

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