History of Redfern

Redfern is an inner-city suburb of Sydney located 3 kilometres south of the CBD and part of City of Sydney with gentrification and transformation taken place over recent years.

The area occupies the grant of surgeon – Dr William Redfern made in 1817. An early Victorian residential subdivision dating from 1842, structured in eight equal blocks. Redfern developed from the 1840s to the 1890s as a prestigious inner city suburb with housing for the upper, middle and working class and several fine public buildings.

Redfern Street bisects the area and is the civic and commercial centre of the area, containing major civic, religious and commercial buildings. Shops date from the Victorian, Federation and Interwar period. Housing ranges from early single storey cottages, Victorian terraces, some later terraces and recent medium density developments. The urban fabric has deteriorated at Phillip Street west area and in the vicinity of the Australia Post complex, where sites have been amalgamated. Redfern Park provides a focus for the area which is a 2 min walk from the Buxton House.

You will soon fall in love with the character and charm of the Redfern area!