Redfern
Worth seeing in and around Redfern
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania.
1.4 km · Australian university founded in 1850 · Wikipedia - 02University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949.
3.8 km · public research university in Kensington, Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 03University of Technology Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a technical institution can be traced back to the 1870s.
1.1 km · university in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Australian Museum
The Australian Museum, originally known as the Colonial Museum and Sydney Museum, is a state public museum in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is operated and funded as a cultural institution by the state government of New South Wales.
2.2 km · museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a stadium located in the Sydney suburb of Moore Park. It is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League, the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League and the New South Wales cricket team in the Sheffield Shield.
1.9 km · Cricket stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia.
3 km · public art gallery and museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on George Street in The Rocks neighbourhood of Sydney. The museum is housed in the Stripped Classical/Art Deco-styled former Maritime Services Board building on the western side of Circular Quay.
3.7 km · art museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Sydney Football Stadium II
Sydney Football Stadium is a stadium located in the Sydney suburb of Moore Park. It is primarily used for rugby league, rugby union, and soccer as the home ground of the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby, and Sydney FC in the A-League Men.
2 km · football stadium built 2022 in Moore Park, Sydney · Wikipedia - 09Citigroup Centre
Citigroup Centre is a 243-metre skyscraper located on Park Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The building draws its name from Citigroup Australia who is the anchor tenant.
2.3 km · skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Chifley Tower
Chifley Tower is a 53-storey skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by New York City-based architects Travis McEwen and Kohn Pedersen Fox, with John Rayner as project architect.
3.1 km · skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Redfern
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 6 km · Newcastle (NTL), 135 km
- Stations
- Central railway station, 1.2 km
- Williamtown → Redfern134 km · quickest by road, 3h · A$21–28
- Gold Coast → Redfern689 km · quickest by air, 4h 56m · A$220–320
- Toowoomba → Redfern708 km · quickest by air, 4h 44m · A$210–320
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No local-transport research exists yet for Redfern
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Redfern. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCircular Quay has the Opera House, Ferries, Harbour Foreshore and the Botanic Gardens.
- Get inThere is also a direct link to Barangaroo via the train station, which has a ferry wharf for ferries to Parramatta, North Sydney, and a more circuitous but scenic route to Circular Quay.
- Get inCircular Quay is underneath the railway station and close to the ferry terminal.
- Get inThe most pleasant way to arrive in Sydney city centre, or to get out and see the Sydney harbour or north shore, is by ferry.
- Get inMost ferry routes (from 41 wharves around the Sydney harbour suburbs) start or finish at Circular Quay, at the northern end of the CBD.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/City Centre, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Redfern
Redfern is 3 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sydneycapital city of New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
- Circular Quaylocality in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.6 km
- Woolloomooloosuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.9 km
- Paddingtonsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.2 km
- Haymarketsuburb of Sydney, Australia1.3 km
- Darlinghurstsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.1 km