Must-see attractions in Newtown & the Inner West

  • Nicholson Museum

    Newtown & the Inner West

    Within the University of Sydney's quadrangle, this is a great under-the-radar attraction. Combining modern ideas with ancient artefacts, it's an…

  • White Rabbit

    Newtown & the Inner West

    In many ways Sydney's best contemporary-art gallery, White Rabbit is tucked away behind the Central Park development in Chippendale. It's the project of…

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    Carriageworks

    Newtown & the Inner West

    Built between 1880 and 1889, this intriguing group of huge Victorian-era workshops was part of the Eveleigh Railyards. The rail workers chugged out in…

  • Powerhouse Museum

    Newtown & the Inner West

    A short walk from Darling Harbour, this cavernous science and design museum whirs away inside the former power station for Sydney’s defunct, original tram…

  • University of Sydney

    Newtown & the Inner West

    Australia’s oldest tertiary institution (1850) has around 50,000 students and boasts its own postcode. You don’t need a PhD to grab a free campus map and…

  • Central Park

    Newtown & the Inner West

    Occupying the site of an old brewery, this major residential and shopping development is a striking sight. Most impressive is Jean Nouvel's award-winning,…

  • Chau Chak Wing Museum

    Newtown & the Inner West

    This new museum at the University of Sydney is scheduled to open in mid-2020. It will combine the three former university museums and greatly expand the…

  • Sydney Park in St Peters

    Sydney Park

    Newtown & the Inner West

    Full of dog walkers, kite flyers and stragglers from last night’s party, 40-hectare Sydney Park is a great place to chill out. From the bald hilltop you…

  • Sze Yup Temple

    Newtown & the Inner West

    This humble backstreet temple was opened in 1898 by immigrants from the Sze Yup area of China. It’s dedicated to 3rd-century folk hero Kwan Ti, whose…

  • Victoria Park

    Newtown & the Inner West

    The green gateway to the Inner West and the University of Sydney, Victoria Park is a 9-hectare grassy wedge revolving around pondlike Lake Northam and…

  • Jubilee & Bicentennial Parks

    Newtown & the Inner West

    These two rolling, grassy parks merge together to offer some tasty views across Rozelle Bay, and of both the Anzac and Harbour Bridges. Massive fig and…

  • Mortuary Station

    Newtown & the Inner West

    This ornate disused Victorian sandstone station used to be the departure point for funeral trains out to the Rookwood cemetery in Sydney's west. It's a…

  • Dr Chau Chak Wing Building

    Newtown & the Inner West

    Opened in 2015, this university business school was donated by the father of an alumnus and designed by Frank Gehry. It's a striking sight, all windows…

  • Camperdown Cemetery

    Newtown & the Inner West

    Take a self-guided tour beyond the monstrous 1848 fig tree into this dark, eerily unkempt cemetery next to St Stephens Church. Famous Australians buried…

  • Verge Gallery

    Newtown & the Inner West

    Part of the University of Sydney, this gallery has two exhibition spaces that show challenging, often avant-garde exhibitions by contemporary artists…

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