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Roman Catholic Church, Hyde Park Sydney c1840-1850

Roman Catholic Church, Hyde Park Sydney c1840-1850

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[a623009 / PX*D 123, 2c]

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St Mary's Cathedral

The first St Mary's was built slowly between 1821 and 1835, and subsequently added to, but burned down in 1865. The new cathedral, also built slowly in sections, was not finished until 1928, and the towers were only added in 2000.

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Religious building

St Mary's Cathedral

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St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney and the mother diocese of Australia, and remains the largest ecclesiastical building in the English Gothic style in the world.