Eveleigh Railway Workshops
The Eveleigh Railway Workshops is a heritage-listed former New South Wales Government Railways yards and railway workshops and now venue hire, public housing and technology park located at Great Southern and Western railway, Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by George Cowdery and built from 1882 to 1897 by George Fishburn. It is also known as Eveleigh Railway Yards, South Eveleigh Precinct; North Eveleigh; Macdonaldtown Gasworks; Macdonaldtown Triangle and also by the name of its current occupants, Carriageworks. The property is owned by the Transport Asset Holding Entity, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The workshops are considered to have world heritage significance by curators of the Smithsonian Institution.
| Eveleigh Railway Workshops | |
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The former Eveleigh Railway Workshops, now Australian Technology Park | |
Location in Greater Sydney | |
| Built | 1882 – 1897 |
| Operated | 1882 – 1988 |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°53′40″S 151°11′44″E |
| Industry | Railway |
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| Area | located within the 51-hectare (130-acre) Eveleigh Complex |
| Defunct | Closed in 1988 and repurposed ss public housing, Australian Technology Park and other uses |
| Eveleigh Railway Workshops | |
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Locomotive Workshops Boiler House | |
New South Wales Heritage Register | |
| Official name | Eveleigh Railway Workshops; Eveleigh Railway Yards; Eveleigh Precinct; Australian Technology Park; Carriageworks; North Eveleigh; Macdonaldtown Gasworks; Macdonaldtown Triangle |
| Type | State heritage (complex / group) |
| Criteria | a., c., d., e., f. |
| Designated | 2 April 1999 |
| Reference no. | 1140 |
| Type | Railway Workshop |
| Category | Transport - Rail |
| Builders | George Fishburn |
Register of the National Estate | |
| Designated | 26 April 1988 |