Waterloo, metro station

Waterloo metro station is an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo, on the Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown Line. It opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. This is the entrance on the corner of Raglan Street and Cope Street viewed at night.
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Waterloo, metro station, art

This lenticular wall is at the entrance to Waterloo metro station, an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. It is part of an extensive artwork called "Footprints on Gadigal Nura" which was created in 2024 by indigenous artist Nicole Monks which can be seen here. The wall embodies the title of the artwork, when viewed from either direction. The view from the other direction was shown here last week.

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Waterloo, metro station, art

This lenticular wall is at the entrance to Waterloo metro station, an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. It is part of an extensive artwork called "Footprints on Gadigal Nura" which was created in 2024 by indigenous artist Nicole Monks which can be seen here. The wall embodies the title of the artwork, when viewed from either direction. The view from the other direction will be shown here next week.

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Waterloo, art

This mural is on eastern concourse wall of the Waterloo metro station, an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. The station is on the Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown Line and opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. The 9.7-metre-high portrait is of an Aboriginal boy named Roscoe, a young dancer from the local Brolga Dance Academy with traditional body paint, holding a boomerang. The black-and-white, perforated metal artwork was created by artist Nicole Monks with photographer Wayne Quilliam and celebrates local Indigenous culture and youth as future leaders.

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Waterloo, metro station

 
These escalators lead up to the main entrance of Waterloo metro station, an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. It opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. This view is in the opposite direction from the one I showed yesterday with the artwork "Footprints on Gadigal Nura" created in 2024 by indigenous artist Nicole Monks.
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Waterloo, metro station, art

This artwork is beside the escalators leading down to Waterloo metro station, an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. The station is on the Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown Line and opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. "Footprints on Gadigal Nura" was created in 2024 by indigenous artist Nicole Monks. It is a monumental sculptural map made of over 100 individual cast aluminium feet of community members, shows locally significant sites along what is now named Botany Road.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Good Random Fun.

Waterloo, metro station

Waterloo metro station is an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo, on the Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown Line. It opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. This is the entrance on the corner of Raglan Street and Cope Street.
Linked to: Signs, Signs, Wordy Wednesday, Words Welcome, Little Things Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Waterloo, metro station

 
Waterloo metro station is an underground station in the inner city suburb of Waterloo, on the Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown Line. It opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. This is the underground concourse entrance which leads to the platforms further below.

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Waterloo, mural

This mural of a motorbike is on the roller door of a workshop which builds custom motorcycles, located along Bourke Street, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo.

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Waterloo, mural

This mural is on the side of a commercial building on the corner of Chapel Lane and Botany Road, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. The Kid Laroi is an Australian musician who grew up in this area and has had international success with his music. This mural was created in 2020 by visual artist Scott Marsh.
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Waterloo, sculpture

This sculpture is located in a small reserve along Powell Street, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. The suburb was developed with small businesses in light industry in the late nineteenth century and remained industrial throughout the twentieth century. Luke Muras and Company, a blacksmithing and engineering firm, built a factory on this site in 1915. The building was demolished in 2001 to build a residential development called Mondrian Apartments and the sculpture was created to commemorate it.

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Waterloo, Congregational Church

Waterloo Congregational Church is located along Botany Road in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. This heritage listed church was designed by Herbert S Thompson and built in 1883 in the Victorian Gothic architectural style.

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Waterloo, South Sydney Uniting Church

South Sydney Uniting Church is located along Raglan Street, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. This heritage listed sandstone church, built in the Victorian Gothic architectural style, was originally a Methodist Church.

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Waterloo, Crown Park

This fountain is located in Crown Park, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. This is the part of the suburb that has been gentrified with high rise apartments, shops, restaurants, cafes and public spaces replacing many industrial and warehouse buildings.

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Waterloo, stack

This chimney stack is located on the corner of Potter Street and Gadigal Avenue, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. This part of the suburb has undergone gentrification in recent years with high rise apartments, shops, cafes and landscaped public spaces replacing many industrial and warehouse buildings. The stack has been retained as a reminder of that industrial past.

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Waterloo, Gadigal Avenue

This cascading fountain runs along the length of Gadigal Avenue in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. This part of the suburb has undergone gentrification in recent years which explains why the trees along this avenue are still quite young.

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Waterloo, mural

This mural has been painted on the back of a former industrial building facing Broome Street, that fronts South Dowling Street, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. This part of the suburb has been gentrified in recent years with high rise apartments, shops, restaurants, cares and landscaped public spaces replacing many industrial and warehouse buildings. The mural was painted by Michiel Dolk and Jeff Stewart in 1980, on this building that was part of the former ACI Glassworks. Along with the old industrial equipment in the courtyard, they pay homage to the industrial past of the suburb.

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Waterloo, stairs and fountain

This cascading fountain is in the centre of a stairway that leads up from Potter Street to Crown Park, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. This part of the suburb has been gentrified in recent years with high rise apartments, shops, restaurants, cafes and landscaped public spaces replacing many industrial and warehouse buildings.

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Waterloo, shops

This wide footpath is located in front of shops along Botany Road, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. It's typical of a traditional suburban shopping centre with a fruit shop, coffee shop, bakery, supermarket seen here and even a payphone. The suburb of Waterloo took its name from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, when Allied and Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington and Blücher defeated the French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Waterloo, library

Waterloo Library is a heritage listed building in the inner city suburb of Waterloo. The building was originally the Waterloo Town Hall, designed by John Smedley and built in 1881 in the Victorian Italianate style. It is historically significant as evidence of the small inner city council areas which were subsumed into larger municipalities.