5. Room With A View

Terraces, flats, squats, bedsits, mansions, towers, camps and hostels: in Darlinghurst, housing is a mixed bag. This audio story explores the range of lifestyles afforded by Darlinghurst’s dense diversity of dwellings. 

Image: Pad with a View, Kings Cross 1970-71 (Photographer: Rennie Ellis © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive) 

Credits 

This audio story is a production of the Australian Centre for Public History in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation. 

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Producer: Catherine Freyne 

Sound engineer: Judy Rapley 

Music:  

• Blue Dot Sessions 
• Sum of My Fears, When Paris is Singing and A New Love Affair by Dazie Maelicensed under CC by NC-SA 3.0 US 
• Garage by Monplaisir licensed under CC by CC0 1.0 
• Korobushka by the Rosen Sisters licensed under CC by NC-ND 4.0 

Featuring: 

• Jan Cornall, former resident of Darlinghurst squats 
• Paul Solomon, publican’s son and grandson 
• Phillip Adams, former owner of Stoneleigh 
• Shannon Dalton, former Assistant Manager of the Darlo Bar