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Sydney Harbour from Garden Palace tower 1880

Sydney Harbour from Garden Palace tower 1880

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Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Garden Palace

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Building in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens which hosted the spectacular International Exhibition in 1879 before its equally spectacular destruction by fire in 1882.

Farm Cove

Shallow bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, east of Sydney Cove. The flat land nearby was used by Aboriginal people as an initiation ground, and later became the first farm for the European colony.

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Royal Botanic Gardens

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Harbourside gardens that combine scientific research with recreation for Sydneysiders.