Dictionary of Sydney

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133 Macquarie Street (History House)

Terrace house on the western side of Macquarie Street that was designed by prominent architect George Allen Mansfield as a gentleman's residence for his uncle, Parrramatta politician George Oakes in 1871. In the early 1900s it was used as a boarding house, and then as medical rooms. In November 1971 it was officially opened as the second History House, the new home of the Royal Australian Historical Society.

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Milestone
Constructed
1871 - 1872
Name
Alternate
Wickham House
Alternate
Oreana
Commemorated by
Position
1871
Property
Owned by
1871 - 1881
Owned by
1969
Occupied by
1970 -
Type