Darling Harbour is a large recreational pedestrian precinct situated on the western edge of central Sydney, Australia. It extends northwards from Chinatown, along both sides of Cockle Bay to King Street Wharf on the east, and to the suburb of Pyrmont on the west.
The precinct and its immediate surrounds are administered independently of the Sydney City Council, by a New South Wales state government statutory authority, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, and the area is home to a number of major public facilities and attractions including the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Paddy's Markets, Sydney's Chinese Gardens, Tumbalong Park, the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Australian National Maritime Museum (featuring museum ships including HMAS Vampire), Star City Casino, the Powerhouse Museum, the Sydney Aquarium, and a number of large international hotels.
The Darling Harbour precinct is linked to places in the CBD by the Sydney Monorail
HISTORY OF DARLING HARBOUR
Darling Harbour is named after Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, who was Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831. It was originally part of the commercial port of Sydney. By the mid-to-late 1980s it had become largely derelict and was redeveloped as a pedestrian and tourist precinct as an initiative of then New South Wales Minister for Public Works, Laurie Brereton.
PYRMONT, NEW SOUTH WALES
Pyrmont is an inner suburb of Sydney, Australia located on a peninsula directly across Darling Harbour from the central business district and linked to it by the pedestrian-only Pyrmont Bridge. It is serviced by buses and the Metro Light Rail.
Pyrmont was named before it was developed for its supposed similarity to Bad Pyrmont in Germany. Pyrmont was traditionally a working class industrial and port community, with a major sugar refinery. Almost all industrial function is gone from the area, and much high-rise residential development has taken place.
The Star City Casino dominates the Darling Harbour waterfront of Pyrmont. The suburb is also home to some well-known companies, such as Nokia Australia and Channel Ten. The Sydney Fish Market is also located within the area.
STAR CITY CASINO
Star City (formerly Sydney Harbour Casino) is a casino and hotel in Pyrmont, Sydney, Australia. Fronting onto Darling Harbour, Star City features three gaming floors, six bars, seven restaurants and four-hundred and eighty hotel rooms. It is licenced to be New South Wales' only casino until 2007.
The casino features three gaming floors - the main gaming floor, the Endeavour Room, and the Inner Sanctum; the latter two are only available to high rollers and international guests.
The main gaming floor is divided into three distinct areas or pits - Table Games, Electronic Gaming, and Poker. In March 2005, the amount of poker tables was increased from four to six, then again later from six to twelve.
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DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY
The precinct and its immediate surrounds are administered independently of the Sydney City Council, by a New South Wales state government statutory authority, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, and the area is home to a number of major public facilities and attractions including the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Paddy's Markets, Sydney's Chinese Gardens, Tumbalong Park, the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Australian National Maritime Museum (featuring museum ships including HMAS Vampire), Star City Casino, the Powerhouse Museum, the Sydney Aquarium, and a number of large international hotels.
HISTORY OF DARLING HARBOUR
