Everything about Erskineville New South Wales totally explained
Erskineville is an inner-city
suburb of
Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales,
Australia. Erskineville is located about 3
kilometres south of the
Sydney central business district and is part of the
local government area of the
City of Sydney. Erskineville is informally part of the region of the
Inner West, but is also more correctly considered to be part of the
Inner City because of its close proximity to the city. Erskineville is colloquially known as
Erko.
Erskineville is bordered by the suburbs of
Newtown to the west,
Eveleigh to the north,
St Peters to the south, and
Alexandria to the east. The locality of
Macdonaldtown sits over the north-west border.
Erskineville is a residential suburb with a village-type atmosphere. It has a small shopping strip around the railway station and several popular pubs including the Rose of Australia, the Imperial Hotel and Erskineville Hotel. Erskineville is a popular location with residents because of its close proximity to the city, cafes and village atmosphere. These features also make real estate expensive in this area, considering the small size of most properties.
Erskineville Oval is located on the eastern border of the suburb.
History
The area was originally part of the suburb of Macdonaldtown. Erskineville is named after
Erskine Villa, the home of Wesleyan minister, Reverend George Erskine, built in 1830. After changing owners a few times, the property was eventually left to the Church of England and became the rectory for the Holy Trinity Church at Macdonaldtown. In 1893, the Borough of Erskineville was created. Eventually the rest of Macdonaldtown was absorbed into the adjacent suburb of Newtown.
In the late nineteenth century the inhabitants were originally market gardeners, though brick making and tanning became dominant industries by the end of the nineteenth century. The Victorian cottages and small rows of Victorian terraces that dominate the built form of the suburb were the homes of the workers in these industries, which helps explain how small they're - a four metre wide terrace is large by Erskineville standards.
In the early twentieth century manufacturing in the area diversified, and Erskineville became a resolutely working class inner city suburb, with a proud history of resistance, and a less proud history of street violence. After
World War II,
Greek and later
Yugoslav migrants found it an affordable place to settle, near the city.
From the 1970s, Erskineville underwent
gentrification with new residents attracted to the village atmosphere, the excellent public transport links (three railway stations on two different lines within walking distance) and the proximity to
Newtown. The
gay and
lesbian community were part of the first wave of gentrification and are still a component of the community. As the terrace houses were renovated, the narrow streets were cobbled and speed-bumped and an urban forest of plantings grew in the streets and pocket parks.
Image: Erskineville3.jpg |Erskineville Public School
Image: Erskineville4.jpg |South Sydney Council Chambers
Image:SydneyChurch1.jpg|St Marys, Swanson Street, view from east
Image: Erskineville1.jpg |St Marys, designed by J.McCarthy in the Federation Gothic style and built in 1912
Transport
Erskineville railway station is on the
Bankstown line of the
City Rail network. Towards the city the stops are: Erskineville, Redfern, Central, Town Hall, Circular Quay, Wynyard and it takes around 5 minutes to reach Central Station.
Newtown railway station and
Macdonaldtown railway station are also within close walking distance.
Buses provide a service from Marrickville Metro shopping centre at
Marrickville to
Surry Hills.
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