Woolloomooloo is a harbourside suburb 1.5 kilometres east of the CBD. The Domain is to the west and Kings Cross to the south east.The current spelling of Woolloomooloo is derived from the name of the first homestead in area, Wolloomooloo House, built by the first landowner John Palmer.
An area of trendy new hotels built on the old wharves. A controversial development has been Finger Wharf now a very exclusive address.
Historically a poor working class district of Sydney but now changed with the redevelopment of the waterfront and the housing development on the Finger Wharf.
The Finger Wharf building is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest wooden structure in the world.
It is 400 metres long and 63 m wide and stands on 3,600 piles. The actor, Russell Crowe, lives in a $14 million penthouse in the wharf.
