The Sydney Morning Herald logo

Paddington

Advertisement
Given Terrace in Paddington.

My suburb has become a construction zone. What happened to my hilly, bohemian retreat?

This week in our Life in the ’Burbs series, we focus on a neighbourhood that’s gone from shabby chic to a developer’s dream.

  • Olivia Stewart

Latest

13 Brisbane Avenue in Camp Hill.

Couple drops $2.5m on home with pool for ‘big dog who likes swimming’

Brisbane’s highest recorded auction sale of the weekend went to a pair of apartment-dwelling buyers looking for more space for their pet.

  • Sarah Webb
A two-bedroom home at 31 Perrott Street in Paddington that sold at auction on July 26, 2025 after 30 years of being abandoned.

Slice of history: Local family shells out $3m for antique-filled abandoned home

The folklore-laced fixer-upper has remained in the same family for more than a century, but has sat empty since the ’90s.

  • Sarah Webb
The vendor of 68 Burn Street had bought the land last year and had the house built in six months.

Mediterranean-style masterpiece built in six months sells for $3.91m

Among the incredible homes at auction in Brisbane at the weekend, the hammer came down on this Camp Hill house in under 10 minutes.

  • Sarah Webb
The NRL’s Magic Round will take place this weekend.

‘Overwhelming public support’ for new Suncorp Stadium plan

Queensland premier Steven Miles has backed the proposal after more than 80 per cent of surveyed residents voted in favour.

  • William Davis
Workers in all areas from office staff to field workers and bus drivers will be able to claim the time immediately.

Two LNP councillors join Brisbane’s City Hall departure queue

The departure of two longstanding inner-city representatives comes as part of shake-ups across all three major political parties ahead of a March election.

  • Matt Dennien
Advertisement
Generic asbestos.

Brisbane Airtasker handyman loaded ute with unsealed asbestos

The man responded to an Airtasker advertisement in July 2019 for asbestos removal at a Paddington house.

  • Toby Crockford
Police are n scene at a traffic crash.

PSPA revoked, man arrested after police lock down inner-city block

Police were called to an address in Alma Street, Paddington, about 12.30pm. An emergency declaration has now been revoked.

  • Matt Dennien
Stephen Wildermoth, 33, has been missing since Monday. 

Brisbane pizza shop owner missing since Monday

Sorellina Pizza owner Stephen Wildermoth has been missing since Monday.

  • Lydia Lynch
Trammies Corner on Latrobe Terrace at Paddington.

The unassuming tribute to the trams of Paddington's past

A tribute to Paddington's past is Trammies Corner, a pocket handkerchief park on a busy corner opposite what was the Plaza Picture Theatre that now sells antiques, collectibles and bric-a-brac.

  • Brismania