History Sydney Olympic Park

olympic cauldron converted water fountain

the wangal clan of indigenous australians lived in area before british settlement. area called flats scouting party shortly after arrival of first fleet in 1788. became part of newington estate in 1807, acquired john blaxland. government acquired of land aged women s home in late 19th century. of land reclaimed river , wetlands landfill.

state sports centre, built in 1984 olympic park s oldest venue

in mid-1980s, area bounded australia avenue , herb elliott avenue , sarah durack avenue promoted technology park called australia centre. however, apart few relatively high tech businesses awa microelectronics, basf, philips , sanyo, idea did not catch on , australian technology park in eveleigh. in event, decade later entire area became site sydney 2000 olympics.

before transformation, large part of olympic park derelict former industrial land, after more century of industrial , military activities on site. site once home brickworks, abattoir , armaments depot being site 8 of sydney s rubbish dumps. these activities resulted in highly contaminated site little natural ecology , fragmented stream corridor. sixty-five percent of soils required excavated , contained on-site. site did have positive attributes pwp landscape architecture enhanced in design: 15 miles of continuous waterfront; various historic buildings , landscapes; unspoiled 124-acre aboriginal forest; major areas of mangrove swamp; bird sanctuaries; , surviving endangered species golden orb spiders , green , golden bell frogs resided in 70-acre historic limestone quarry, brick pit. millennium parklands , project matches scale of city, dealing landscape system sustains urban life, olmstedian lungs known these days green infrastructure component of urban condition rather native opposition.

post-olympics

apartment building @ sydney olympic park

with successful completion of 2000 olympics, sydney olympic park has undergone significant amount of development work support conversion multipurpose facility number of businesses re-locating area. commercial developments sit alongside sporting facilities tenants in office buildings such commonwealth bank september 2007. five-star pullman hotel , two-star formule 1 hotel completed in mid-2008.

the parklands have undergone redevelopment blaxland riverside park (formerly blaxland common) being transformed urban park along parramatta river. park opened on 3 march 2007. in addition wentworth common area upgraded significant adventure playground facilities children aged 8–13 years.

auburn council sought public comment on proposal rename homebush bay area, remove confusion namesake suburb homebush. area encompassing sydney olympic park given autonomy suburb, waterfront residential area renamed wentworth point , carter street industrial precinct absorbed neighbouring suburb of lidcombe.