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The Hungry Mile

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campaigned to renew the "Hungry Mile" name, as an acknowledgement of the site's historical significance to waterside workers. The State Government named the area Barangaroo. The name honours
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woman from Sydney's early history who was a powerful and colourful figure in the colonisation of Australia. She was also the wife of
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was the title of wharfie poet Ernest Antony's most famous poem, in a published collection titled
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The system of day labour gave rise to similar conditions on many port areas, such as Melbourne's
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with a significant new foreshore park providing recreational areas for a growing Sydney
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determined that this site should be renewed as an extension of the
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is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of
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in the foreground, before shipping buildings were demolished
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Darling Harbour
Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Great Depression
Wailing Wall
stevedoring
Port Botany
Port Kembla
Government of New South Wales
Sydney CBD
population
Millers Point
Maritime Union of Australia
Barangaroo
indigenous
Bennelong
Sydney Opera House

Barangaroo
"Union leaders walk the Hungry Mile"
"Barangaroo"
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"Hungry Mile gets minor role"
"Department of Planning - Media Releases"
the original
"Barangaroo"
Geographical Names Board of New South Wales
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