I've been selling real estate in the fantastic Redfern and Surry Hills areas for over 20 years and I've heard so many stories that I feel we need to preserve about characters, legends and buildings in this area. I also feel a responsibility for broadcasting important issues today in our area. The Touma Talks series is my attempt to keep the stories and history alive of this amazingly eclectic part of Sydney.
Touma Talks is a series of Stories about the Surry Hills and Redfern communities.
Charles Touma is the #1 Real Estate Agent in Surry Hills & Redfern and is passionate
about his local community.
You can reach Charles on 0425 305 455 or at charles.touma@raywhite.com
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Cleveland House, Buckingham Street, Surry Hills
Today I’m outside the oldest house in Surry Hills on Buckingham Street to talk about it’s history
She sat at her sewing machine with a gun at her side, looking out of her window onto Terry Street in Surry Hills. Charles relates the amazing story of May Smith.
201 Albion Street in the Magnificent Surry Hills has quite a story attached, not least of all that it was originally built by a guy who from the age of 10 earnt a living as a cattle farmer.
In the 1800s, Uther Street, Surry Hills was a short passage between Hercules and Waterloo. Yet, the subdivision of the Uther Estate meant that a lot changed with the large block of land owned by Reuben Uther, a famous hat maker situated on Pitt Street, Sydney.
Now an apartment complex known as The Watertower in Redfern, a building once know as the Mcmurtrie Shoe Factory until the late 1970s when architect Peter Mulroney began the project of turning the factory into one of Sydney’s first warehouse apartment conversions.