Yirranma Place acknowledges that we work, live and play on the stolen land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, who are the traditional custodians of Darlinghurst. Yirranma pays respect to the elders past, present and future of the Eora Nation and extends that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait people.
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Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
A temporary school was conducted onsite in 1883, due to overcrowding at the nearby public school in Palmer Street, Darlinghurst. While older students continued to study at the Palmer Street school, the younger ones attended classes on the vacant allotment. Within a few months, the opening of the Darlinghurst Public School at the corner of Liverpool Street and Womerah Avenue ended the need for these temporary accommodations. Children continued to be attracted to the paddock as a playground though across the late nineteenth century, especially when a merry-go-round was installed there in 1893.
