Surry Hills

Surry Hills Sydney, New South Wales
Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
Population	15,342 (2011 census)
• Density	12,800/km2 (33,100/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2010
Area	1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Location	1 km (1 mi) south-east of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Sydney
State electorate(s)	Newtown Sydney
Federal Division(s)	Sydney Wentworth
Suburbs around Surry Hills: Sydney CBD Darlinghurst Darlinghurst Haymarket Surry Hills Paddington Chippendale Redfern Moore Park

Surry Hills is an inner city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney. Surry Hills is surrounded by the suburbs of Darlinghurst to the north, Chippendale and Haymarket to the west, Moore Park and Paddington to the east and Redfern to the south.

It is bordered by Elizabeth Street and Chalmers Street to the west, Cleveland Street to the south, South Dowling Street to the east, and Oxford Street to the north. Central is a locality in the north-west of the suburb around Central Station. Prince Alfred Park is located nearby. Strawberry Hills is a locality around Cleveland and Elizabeth Streets and Brickfield Hill to the east of that.

The first land grants in Surry Hills were made in the 1790s. Major Joseph Foveaux received 105 acres (0.42 km²). His property was known as Surry Hills Farm, after the Surrey Hills in Surrey, England. Foveaux Street is named in his honour. Commissary John Palmer received 90 acres (360,000 m²). He called the property George Farm and in 1800 Palmer also bought Foveaux's farm. In 1792, the boundaries of the Sydney Cove settlement were established between the head of Cockle Bay to the head of Woolloomooloo Bay. West of the boundary, which included present-day Surry Hills, was considered suitable for farming and was granted to military officers and free settlers.