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About BALMAIN

Balmain is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt.

Balmain is located on the Balmain peninsula in Port Jackson adjacent to the suburbs of Rozelle to the south-west, Birchgrove to the north-west, and Balmain East to the east. Iron Cove sits on the western side of the peninsula, with White Bay on the south-east side and Mort Bay on the north-east side.

Balmain Power Station - A private power station which once serviced the electricity needs of the local area. Demolished in 1994 to make way for apartments.
Balmain Reservoir - An underground reservoir located beneath Gladstone Park.
Lever Brothers Factory - A large soap factory that was much a part of the Balmain landscape from 1895 until it was demolished for apartments in 1996.

Trams once ran all the way down Darling Street to the Wharf at East Balmain. Due to the very steep incline at the bottom of the street, the trams used a complex 'dummy' counterweight system constructed under the road surface. The trams were pushed up the steep hill by the dummy, and rode the dummy on the way down to safely descend the hill.

Balmain had a reputation as a rough working-class area of Sydney. Numerous phrases have been used to describe the suburb and its inhabitants, including ''Balmain boys don't cry'' (former NSW Premier Neville Wran at the Street Royal Commission; ''You can take the boy out of Balmain, but you can't take Balmain out of the Boy'' (Unknown); ''There are only two types of man in this world: those who were born in Balmain and those who wish they were'' (a Police Commissioner of New South Wales). Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating also once spoke of the ''Basket weavers of Balmain''.

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