Project Overview

A footpath winding through Sydney’s Prince Alfred Park has been banded with the colours of the rainbow in the city’s latest move to support equality, diversity and inclusivity.

Project Commissioner

Surry Hills Creative Precinct

Project Creator

City of Sydney

Project Brief

Rainbow Path is a new, 90m rainbow path in Prince Alfred Park. The path commemorates the November 2017 decision to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia by amending the Marriage Act 1961 to allow marriage between 2 persons, regardless of their gender.

The path will be next to Equality Green. This space in the park was renamed in honour of the public gathering of more than 30,000 people on 15 November 2017 in support of the Australian marriage (equality) law proposal.

The Surry Hills Creative Precinct proposed the idea of a rainbow path in 2019 to reflect the area’s position at the vanguard of diversity and inclusivity.

“I thought it was a fabulous idea when the precinct suggested we paint a bright rainbow on Equality Green,” the Lord Mayor said.

“This is a permanent tribute to the moment when more than 30,000 Sydneysiders gathered together to hear the results of the marriage equality postal survey on 15 November 2017.”