Barangaview Traditional Cache
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This nano cache (BYOP!) has been placed just south of the Barangaroo development. There are lots of muggles about, so be cautious! There are some reasonable (if expensive) restaurants nearby, and some lovely harbour and city views. The cache is a standard nano container, so don't try to disassemble any of the nearby structures, and please return it where you found it. Interestingly, Apple's satellite image is more accurate than Google's (the container is not in the water ...)
Original settlement Originally known as Cockle Bay Point during the early years of the Sydney colony, little activity or settlement took place in the area. Then in the 1820s windmills were built out on what was to become known as Millers Point and European settlers started constructing houses and building a small village. In the 1830s the first wharf was constructed in the area immediately bringing more people to the nascent villages around two public houses. In 1843 the Australian Gas Light Company finished building and began operating a gas works in East Darling Harbour. This was the beginning of major residential and dockland development in the area as employees needed to be housed near the works. The works also brought more commercial shipping into the harbour as the coal for the works had to be delivered by boat. In 1859 a direct route from the Rocks to Millers Point was created, The Argyle Cut. This made the journey back and forth from the main colony much safer and quicker. The route was a major catalyst for development in east Darling Harbour and Millers Point. The Hungry Mile The Great Depression gave East Darling Harbour and dock areas surrounding it a poignant nickname, "The Hungry Mile". During this period great masses of workers would line up down the mile long stretch of wharfs and wait for work. Clerks chose the workers based on the “bull” system where the fitter men were chosen over the weaker, and where socialist troublemakers were sidelined in favour of willing workers. This brutal system made for a very adversarial environment which polarised the community at large. They erupted occasionally in protest, most famously refusing to load a boat with scrap metal bound for Japan on the eve of World War II. Barangaroo As stevedoring operations moved to ports at Port Botany and Port Kembla, the Government of New South Wales determined that this site should be renewed as an extension of the Sydney CBD with a significant new foreshore park providing recreational areas for a growing inner city population. Barangaroo South is an extensive harbourfront site along the western edge of Sydney's Central Business District. The NSW Government managed the transformation of the entire 22 hectare Barangaroo area while the creation of Barangaroo South - comprising the southern third of the site - was carried out by Lend Lease. The regeneration of Barangaroo returned over two kilometres of new public harbour foreshore, and 11 hectares of new open space and parkland for the enjoyment of all Sydneysiders.
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