Disney Studios

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Disney Studios Australia sits within Moore Park on the edge of the Sydney CBD, part of 360 hectares of urban parks known as Centennial Parklands. Centennial Parklands, Moore Park and the Disney Studios precinct contain exceptional national, state and local heritage significant sites built over its 200 year history since European settlement. First Nations The Indigenous People who lived in the area on which the studio has been constructed are known as the Gadigal. Disney Studios Australia acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional custodians of the land. The word Gadigal means ‘those who reside in the bay of Cadi’. The Gadigal lands formed a complex geology made up of dunes and wetlands. The rich soils influenced vegetation growth, leading to plant and animal resources becoming available to the Gadigal people. The area is representative of pre-colonial Indigenous meeting places used for social, ceremonial and other purposes. Present day Indigenous communities continue to honour the spiritual associations of the Gadi, celebrating interest in this history. Sydney Common In 1811, 23 years after the founding of the Sydney colony, the land was proclaimed by then Governor Lachlan Macquarie as Sydney Common, devised as an area for use by the public which became popular for livestock grazing. A water source for Sydney By the 1820s the Tank Stream, Sydney’s main supply of fresh water, was insufficient and polluted. Governor Darling appointed engineer and surveyor, John Busby to secure another water source for Sydney. Between 1827 and 1837, Busby’s Bore was hand constructed by convict labourers. The bore was a gravity-fed tunnel built to deliver 1,500,000 litres of water per day to the city’s population of 20,000 people. The system remained in place as Sydney’s sole water supply until 1858. Today, one of the only remaining visible shafts is located within Disney Studios Australia.