Homework Help
HSC and Assignments Resources
The library is a great place to do your homework. There are books and online resources on just about every subject and plenty of quiet study areas.
Click here for HSC study guides available at the library...
HSC Online For Students
provides links to various resources available within the library's extensive electronic database collection and also provides links to relevant websites.
HSC online - http://hsc.csu.edu.au
HSC: All my own work
Board of Studies NSW:
HSC Syllabuses
Past Exam Papers
Online Multiple Choice HSC Questions
Bored of Studies -
Site created by students for students.
Department of Education and Training NSW - HSC information.
High School Websites -
List of links sorted by subject.
HSC English Navigator
Study Guides - Sydney City (HSC)
For information on urban renewal, gentrification, statistics, history and more...
- Glebe | Haymarket & Chinatown | Kings Cross | Newtown | Pyrmont & Ultimo | Redfern & Waterloo | Surry Hills
Glebe
Urbanisation, Gentrification, Development, History
Click on a link for details:
- Local Action Plan (Glebe, City of Sydney) | Harold Park's future | The structure of Sydney
Local News
- Glebe Chamber of Commerce | 2011 Heritage building - Bellevue House
Statistics
Population Statistics / Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website
Glebe - 2006 Census | Glebe - 2001 Census (click 'Free Download' then click on the tabs at the bottom of the page to view tables)
Glebe History & Heritage
- Glebe (Dictionary of Sydney) | Old photographs (online photo archive) | Glebe Society http://glebesociety.org.au | Heritage buildings database | Book - Grandeur & Grit: a history of Glebe, copies for loan from the library or for sale ($45). More books about Glebe available for loan at the library. | Glebe Library Local History Collection (not for loan - on-site use only)
- Historical Walking Tour flyer (PDF) - Preservation, The Glebe has always been a place of contrasts.
Haymarket and Chinatown (Sydney)
Urbanisation, Gentrification, Development, History
Click on a link for details:
Statistics
Population Statistics / Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website
- Haymarket - 2006 Census Quickstats | Haymarket - 2001 Census Quickstats
Haymarket and Chinatown History & Heritage
- A virtual exhibition about Quong Tart, a noted 19th century Sydney merchant, and his famous tea rooms | Old Photographs (online photo archive) | Book - Red Tape Gold Scissors by Shirley Fitzgerald , this bBook covering the history of Sydney's Chinese community. If your local library does not have a copy please request it via the inter-library-loans service (at your library) and we will send them one of our copies. Copies of 'Red Tape Gold Scissors' are also available for sale ($35) from Council. | Book - Chinese residency in the Haymarket and Surry Hills - 1880 to 1902 (not available for loan, for on-site research only at City of Sydney Archives) | Historical Walking tour flyer (PDF) - Community, This walk will take you from Town Hall, south into what was once the industrial backyard of Sydney.
Kings Cross
Urbanisation, Gentrification, Development, History
Click on a link for details:
- Local Action Plan (City East, City of Sydney)
Statistics
Population Statistics / Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website
- Kings Cross/Potts Point - 2006 Census statistics | Kings Cross/Potts Point - 2001 Census statistics
Local News
Kings Cross History & Heritage
- Old Photographs | Heritage buildings database | Books about the history of Kings Cross (Local History / Archives books not be available for loan, on-site research only) | Kings Cross Library Local History collection (on -site use only) | Historical Walking tour flyer (PDF) - Passion, Kings Cross, along with its adjoining locales of Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay, has a rich and risque history.
Newtown
Urbanisation, Gentrification, Development, History
Click on a link for details:
- Local Action Plan (Newtown, City of Sydney) | New Moves for Newtown (2030) | North Newtown | Newtown (brief introduction, Marrickville Council) | Newtown Train Station upgrade (2011) DA Number D/2010/2195
Statistics
Population Statistics / Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website
- Newtown - 2006 Census Quickstats | Newtown - 2001 Census Quickstats
Local News
History & Heritage
- Archives & History of Newtown | Heritage buildings database | Changing faces (Newtown architecture) | Old Photographs | Search the library catalogue for books on the history of Newtown
Pyrmont and Ultimo (HSC)
Urbanisation, Gentrification, Development, History
Click on a link for details:
- The City West Urban Renewal Program set out to transform the old maritime and industrial community into a lively inner City urban community.
- Ultimo + Pyrmont: Decade of Renewal (PDF/20 pages)
- High-rise gentrification: the redevelopment of Pyrmont Ultimo*
*Full-text available to City of Sydney LIBRARY MEMBERS ONLY - card number required - Sydney’s urban consolidation experience: Power, politics and community (see Page 5)
- A suburb too Far? Urban consolidation in Sydney.
- Pyrmont, to the west of Sydney's CBD [...] is the site of an ambitious urban renewal and redevelopment project.
- Local Action Plan (Pyrmont and Ultimo, City of Sydney)
Image:
2004 - part of the Jacksons Landing development site.
©
City of Sydney Archives (File #
050\050006)
Statistics
Population Statistics / Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website
- Pyrmont - 2006 Census QuickStats & 2001 Census QuickStats | Ultimo - 2006 Census QuickStats & 2001 Census QuickStats
Local News (Ultimo/Pyrmont)
- City News - The City News is delivered free each week to residents in the CBD (incl. Pyrmont and Ultimo) | Alive in Sydney | City Hub News | Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce
Interactive Programs for Students
The Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre
Program designed to support the Stage 6 Geography syllabus. It focusses on Sydney as a world city and the dynamics of Urban Renewal and Urban Consolidation in Pyrmont. Although the urban trail begins with a focus on the commercial core of Sydney including a visit to the CBD model at Customs House, Circular Quay and a land-use activity around Sydney Harbour, most of the actual investigation of urban dynamics takes place in Pyrmont , the inner- city suburb west of the CBD. http://www.observhill-e.schools.nsw.edu.au
Pyrmont and Ultimo History
- Walking Tour flyer
- The Powerhouse Museum online exhibition
- Old photographs of Pyrmont and Ultimo - City of Sydney searchable online photo archives Archivepix
- Heritage buildings - Search the online State Heritage Inventory of more than 20,000 heritage items (NSW)
Image: c1900, Athlone Place, Ultimo (or Pyrmont) (2-10). Athlone Pl was resumed by Council in 1906, when some 400 dwellings and a maze of tiny lanes were removed. © City of Sydney Archives (File # 000\000006).
- Book - 'Pyrmont & Ultimo under siege' by Shirley Fitzgerald.
Book covering the history of the Pyrmont Peninsula and its importance to the development of Sydney.
If your local library does not have this book please request it via the inter-library-loans service (at your library) and we will send them one of our copies. Copies of 'Pyrmont & Ultimo under siege' are also available for sale ($15) from Council. - Book - Pyrmont & Ultimo: a history. by Michael R Matthews
- Book - Doors were always open : recollections of Pyrmont and Ultimo by Margaret Park
- Heritage buildings database
Redfern and Waterloo
Urbanisation, Gentrification, Development, History
Click on a link for details:
- Local Action Plan (Redfern and Waterloo, City of Sydney)
- Redfern, Cleveland Street & Waterloo
- Redfern-Waterloo Authority has responsibility for revitalising the Redfern-Waterloo area through urban renewal. The Redfern-Waterloo Authority Act 2004, governing its principle functions, takes into consideration social, economic, ecological and other sustainable development, public areas, Aboriginal community needs, social cohesion and community safety. Full-text reports.
- Urban Indigenous Housing Issues in Redfern (Indigenous Law Bulletin, 2005)
- National Centre of Indigenous Excellence
Image: Chalmers Street from near the corner of Cleveland Street, Redfern. 1953. City of Sydney Archives (File # 044\044285).
Statistics
2006 Census Community Profile Series : Redfern (Indigenous Area) | 2006 Census QuickStats : Redfern (State Suburb) | 2006 Census Community Profile Series : Waterloo (State Suburb) | 2006 Census QuickStats : Waterloo (State Suburb)
Local News (Redfern/Waterloo)
Redfern and Waterloo History
- Redfern, William (1774 - 1833). The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern | Old photographs of Redfern and Waterloo - City of Sydney searchable online photo archives Archivepix | Heritage buildings database
- Book - There goes the neighbourhood : Redfern and the politics of urban space by Begg, Zanny.(2009)
- Book - Guwanyi : stories of the Redfern Aboriginal community. by Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
- Book - From steam trains to silicon chips : the past, present and future of the Eveleigh railway workshops
- Book - The Lebanese Quarter, Redfern : time, place and extent by Convy, Paul. (2009)
Surry Hills
Urbanisation, Gentrification, Development, History
Click on a link for details:
- Local Action Plan (Inner East, City of Sydney) | Prince Alfred Park, Surry Hills | Draft City East and Surry Hills Urban Design Study Addendum Report
Statistics
Population Statistics / Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website
- Surry Hills - 2006 Census Quickstats | Surry Hills - 2001 Census Quickstats
Surry Hills History & Heritage
- Sydney Stories: Surry Hills Branch Library & Neighbourhood Centre | PDF 857Kb | Oral history Oline Listen to Surry Hills residents and workers talk about the suburb | Old Photographs (online photo archive) | Surry Hills (Dictionary of Sydney)
- Book -
Surry Hills: The City's Backyard by Christopher Keating.
Book covering the history of Surry Hills and its importance to the development of Sydney.
If your local library does not have this book please request it via the inter-library-loans service (at your library) and we will send them one of our copies. Copies of 'Surry Hills' are also available for sale ($30) from Council.
Online Homework resources
No time to visit the library? Check the list of links below:
- English | Mathematics , calculators and converters | Countries of the world (CIA factbook) | Australia facts & figures | Science | Native Australian Animals | More Links>>
Last Updated: Tuesday 30 August, 2011
