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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Police stations

Subject

Balmain Watch House

Central Court House and Police Station Liverpool Street

Central Police Station and Court House

Darlinghurst Police Station

Glebe Police Station

Justice and Police Museum building

Malabar Police Station

Manly Police Station

Paddington Police Station and Courthouse

Redfern Police Station

Water Police Station

Constable's cottage & water reservoir, Ryde Hill c1900s

Constable's cottage, Chatswood c1890

Police Barracks Bourke Street c1908

The Police Office, Sydney, 1848

Water Police Court and Phillip Street police station

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Police stations

Balmain Watch House

Two storey sandstone police lock-up constructed in what was once one of the toughest areas of Sydney.

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Central Court House and Police Station Liverpool Street

Court complex at 98 Liverpool Street in the city. Constructed in 1893 to a design by James Barnet with construction overseen by Walter Liberty Vernon, the building lies between Central and Liverpool streets, with access from both sides.

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Central Police Station and Court House

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Police station and courthouse on the corner of Druitt and George Street that occupied part of the old Central Markets from the early 1830s, including the domed Market House that had been built in 1820. The markets were removed to the rear of the building. Never entirely satisfactory as a police station and court, by 1880 the building was becoming derelict and was eventually demolished in 1889 along with the rest of the markets. The site is now occupied by the Queen Victoria Building.

Darlinghurst Police Station

Edwardian style police station building on the corner of Forbes and Bourke Streets near Taylor Square. The building was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon in 1899 to replace a previous station on the same site that had become inadequate. The station was decommissioned in 1987 after the Sydney Police Centre on Goulburn Street in Surry Hills opened and was occupied by community health organisations.

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Glebe Police Station

Late Victorian two storey building prominently located on a corner site. It forms part of the largely intact 19th century character of Glebe.

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Justice and Police Museum building

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Building on the corner of Phillip and Albert streets at Circular Quay comprising two 19th century courthouses and a former police station. Originally built in the 1850s to house the Water Police Court and Water Police Station, the complex has variously been used by several branches of the police service before conversion in the 1980s to the Police and Justice Museum, operated by Sydney Living Museums.

Malabar Police Station

Pair of residences in Queen Anne style at 1234 Anzac Parade thought to be built about 1910 that were used as police facilities for over 60 years.

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Manly Police Station

Local police office and interview rooms for Manly area.

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Paddington Police Station and Courthouse

Victorian Free classical style facility which has served the community since 1888. The court is now closed but the police station remains.

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Redfern Police Station

Police Station in Redfern, originally in Turner Street, recently relocated to Lawson Square.

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Water Police Station

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Described as a 'very useful building' when it opened in Feburary 1858, the ground floor consisted of a guard room on one side and an office on the other with cells for the prisoners at the read. On the first floor there was a barrack room and three rooms for the inspectors. The water police occupied the building until 1913 when a new headquarters was built at Dawes Point and it became known as Philip Street Police Station. In 1990 it became part of the Police and Justice Museum managed by Sydney Living Museums.

Constable's cottage & water reservoir, Ryde Hill c1900s

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By

Harold Arthur Blomfield

Contributed By

Private collection

(Courtesy of Charles Blomfield, Wagga Wagga)

Constable's cottage, Chatswood c1890

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By

Harold Arthur Blomfield

Contributed By

Private collection

(Courtesy of Charles Blomfield, Wagga Wagga)

Police Barracks Bourke Street c1908

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Contributed By

Private collection

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The Police Office, Sydney, 1848

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By

Contributed By

National Gallery of Australia

[Accession No: NGA 2005.689]

(from book 'Sydney in 1848 : illustrated by copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc.' from drawings by Joseph Fowles, engraved by F. Mansell. Purchased 2004)

Water Police Court and Phillip Street police station

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[Home and Away - 23511]

(Mitchell Library)

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