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Valier, Biron

Biron Valier

Biron Valier is a painter and printmaker interested in the built environment.

Hyde Park Barracks

From convict barracks to female immigration depot to asylum for destitute women, Hyde Park Barracks has witnessed and revealed much of Sydney's social history.

Convicts

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Georgian brick building at the southern end of Macquarie Street. Designed by colonial architect Francis Greenway to house male convicts, it subsequently became an immigration depot, government asylum, law courts and museum.