Project: Sydney and Surrounds. Photo walk 18. Rocks, City of Sydney

Postcode: 2000

Population: 614

The Rocks is an urban locality, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney's city centre. It is located on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, immediately north-west of the Sydney CBD. The precinct and its immediate surroundings are administered independently of the local government area of the City of Sydney, by a NSW state government statutory authority, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.

3 facts about Rocks:

1. The Rocks became established shortly after the colony's formation in 1788. The original buildings were made mostly of local sandstone, from which the area derives its name.

2. From the earliest history of the settlement, the area had a reputation as a slum, often frequented by visiting sailors and prostitutes. During the late nineteenth century, the area was dominated by a gang known as the Rocks Push. It maintained this rough reputation until approximately the 1870s.

3. Today the Rocks is a partly gentrified area, but still contains a significant proportion of Housing Commission properties, and there is still a significant problem of urban poverty and street crime in this district. As housing stock becomes dilapidated, government policy is to sell the now extremely valuable public housing units to private owners, in the expectation that they will restore the properties.

References: Wikipedia

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