Our Neighbourhood

DULWICH HILL

Dulwich Hill is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, 7.5 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. It lies in the local government area of Inner West Council and stretches south to the shore of the Cooks River. The suburb takes its name from the area of Dulwich in London. It had been known by several different names prior including Petersham Hill, Wardell’s Bush, South Petersham & Fern Hill.

The area became part of Sydney's expanding tram network in 1889 and, like many suburbs in the inner-west, experienced rapid growth in the early twentieth century. As a consequence, the suburb has a large number of examples of Australian Federation architecture. It also features examples of Edwardian, Gothic and Italianate architecture. The area is also zoned for medium-density housing, with several blocks of flats having been built in the last forty years.

In the 20th Century, much of Dulwich Hill was shaped by European immigrants from Greece and Portugal however in more recent time’s many families and young, urban professionals have been attracted to the suburb.