Barangaroo, New South Wales

Barangaroo Sydney, New South Wales
The Barangaroo skyline at night showing the International Towers Sydney (February 2016)
Barangaroo
Coordinates	33°51′40″S 151°12′11″E / 33.8611°S 151.203°E / -33.8611; 151.203Coordinates: 33°51′40″S 151°12′11″E / 33.8611°S 151.203°E / -33.8611; 151.203
Population	110 (2011 census)
• Density	500/km2 (1,290/sq mi)
Established	1788 as Cockle Bay Point; 1820s as Millers Point; 2007 as Barangaroo
Postcode(s)	2000
Area	0.22 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
Location	1 km (1 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Sydney
County	Cumberland
Parish	St. Philip
State electorate(s)	Sydney
Federal Division(s)	Sydney
Suburbs around Barangaroo: Millers Point Dawes Point Darling Harbour Barangaroo The Rocks Sydney CBD

Barangaroo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district and the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney, and was part of the territory of the Cadigal people, the traditional owners of the Sydney city region. The area was used for fishing and hunting by Indigenous Australians prior to colonial settlement. The area is inclusive of The Hungry Mile, the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East during The Great Depression, where workers would walk from wharf to wharf in search of a job, often failing to find one.

In 2003, the Government of New South Wales determined that the precinct would be redeveloped from shipping and stevedoring facilities to provide more commercial office space and recreational areas. This redevelopment has moved from design contest to concept plan from 2005 to 2012. In the interim, stevedoring facilities have been relocated, some of the site remediated, and temporary alternate uses such as major events implemented, pending major development. The site is managed by an agency of the Government, called the Barangaroo Delivery Authority.

Redevelopment commenced in 2012 and is expected to be entirely completed by 2023. The redevelopment involves parkland with several new apartment buildings, as well as a hotel, "cultural space" and casino.

This area was of importance to Aboriginal Cadigal people as a hunting and fishing region. Large shell middens and numerous rock engravings close to the site indicate indigenous occupation dating back around 6,000 years, while radiocarbon dates from other parts of Sydney indicate that the wider area was occupied for at least 14,500 years prior to non-indigenous settlement, from 1788. It is not clear what mobility indigenous people had during seasons.