Deep in the heart of Wooloomooloo lies a town centre, where the decaying tenements of the early 1970s were demolished. Through roads have been blocked off, parks and playgrounds take their place. It is low-rise all packed together, with a large number of unemployed, indigent, and indigenous inhabitants.
There are a number of murals in the area, mostly with indigenous motifs, which were restored by the City Of Sydney during 2010. Once again, for residents of Sydney, I have included the ubiquitous Sydney Tower in the post to enable you to orient yourself. One of the signs says 'Dowling Street'. I was standing in Sydney Place to take the photograph of the mid-nineteenth century working man's cottage.
23 comments:
Haven't seen these, nice detail.
Wonderfully captured...
Amazing colours in these gorgeous murals, Julie.
I hope indigent and indigenous aren't necessarily synonymous as they are in some places.
K
The murals certainly encompass the world around us :-).
and it's a colourful mural really nice. Love the little cottage too.
Great captures, Julie. But don't you just deplore the tagging that has been done on top of the that wonderful art? It's such a shame. Can't understand the mentality of these destructive people.
These are such vibrant murals and the indigenous art is great...but what a shame that someone has been tagging it.
These murals have a look of hopefulness about them. Even the indigent and indigenous deserve a bit of brightness in their neighbourhood.
That's a beautiful little sandstone cottage. The murals aren't bad either.
Beautiful murals but it really is a shame that they have been tagged.
On my family's only trip to Australia, about 20 years ago, our first accommodation was a hotel called the Wooloomooloo Waters. Neither we or our travel agent, a native Egyptian, could pronounce it. She kept putting a strong accent on the first and third syllables. The locals quickly set us straight but we never saw these neighborhoods.
so much detail!
You've found some beauties here Julie, the colours and the simplistic style is so effective, hopefully the tags can be removed somehow.
Looks like an interesting spot. I also love the cottage.
The fact that the style of these murals connects a relatively new art form with a very old tradition, makes them even more appealing. The dotted rays of the sun and all the sea creatures are enchanting. Such a pity about the tagging. But even that can't dim the cheerfulness of these images. Thank you for participating in and promoting Monday Mural. Always a pleasure to see what you've found in your flaneuring (sic) about the city.
Wow! Lots of detail in the murals and even on the railings. Nice capture.
What a pleasure to see the art people find in their cities! And how wonderful that we have people who want to preserve these in photographs. Thank you for some marvelous shots - I love the detail! And the cottage is charming.
Amazing is a good word here.
I fell in love with this wonderful art style when I was in Australia.
I bet the workers who lived in that cottage didn't find it as charming as some of us in the 21st C seem to!
Fabulous! Love this style.
Interesting murals in a really interesting spot. Too bad about the tagging.
Love the cottage. Shame about the graffiti on the mural.
I remember stumbling across this part of the city years ago and finding the terraces so attractive but saw lost hope through the gaping doorways. It is nice that the murals have been given a facelift.
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