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Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament procession en route to St Mary's leaving Macquarie Street 9 September 1928

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International Eucharistic Congress 1928
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Hyde Park Barracks St James Anglican church Queens Square Supreme Court building St James Road
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International Eucharistic Congress 1928
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International Eucharistic Congress 1928

A huge celebration of international Catholicism, the International Eucharistic Congress was held in Sydney in 1928, coinciding with the consecration of the newly finished St Mary's Cathedral. Despite Protestant disquiet and fears of sectarian conflict, the Congress was a peaceful success, with large crowds attending its public events.

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St James Anglican church Queens Square

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Early Anglican church which was Australia's tallest structure from 1822 to 1853 The copper steeple is 52 metres high and was part of the modification to the original plans which were for a courthouse on the site.

International Eucharistic Congress 1928

Gathering of Catholic clergy, religious figures and laity who took part in a series of devotional ceremonies held for the first time in the southern hemisphere.

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Hyde Park

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Park providing green space in Sydney's busy centre.

Hyde Park Barracks

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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.

Macquarie Street

Street at the eastern edge of Sydney's central business district, designed as a ceremonial thoroughfare by Lachlan Macquarie and containing many of Sydney's public buildings. It was later the best address in the colony, and became a prestigious medical precinct in the twentieth century.

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Queens Square

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Public square at the junction of Macquarie and King streets containing a statue of Queen Victoria.

Supreme Court building St James Road

Court house in the Federation Free style facing St James Road and part of the Supreme Court complex.

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