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or tens of thousands of years before colonisation, the Gadigal land on which Central Station is built was a traditional meeting place for Aboriginal people. In 1855, the first terminal station in Sydney was built here, comprising a modest 30.5-metre-long wooden platform and a corrugated iron shed. The terminal became known as ‘Redfern’ due to its location close to this suburb, and the site it was built on was known as the
