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Barangaroo before the shipping buildings were demolished, in February 2008.
Barangaroo is an inner-city foreshore locality of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, at the south-eastern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, adjacent to Sydney CBD. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. The postcode is 2000. Barangaroo is an intiative ordered by the Government of New South Wales to provide more recreational area for a growing Sydney population, and was named after the wife of Bennelong in October 2006 by Nigel Dawe, winner of a public competition to name the area. Before it is transformed into commercial and residential real estate, the Barangaroo precinct will be used during World Youth Day 2008 as the site of the opening Mass (Tuesday 15 July) for an estimated 150000 people and for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI (Thursday 17 July).
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Barangaroo comprises most of the suburb formerly known as Millers Point and the western portion of Sydney where the now defunct shipping port is being redeveloped into a recreational, business and shopping precinct.
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