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Victoria Barracks, Paddington 1840s

Victoria Barracks, Paddington 1840s

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Barney, George

As the first Colonial Engineer, Captain George Barney aimed to strengthen Sydney's harbour defences, overseeing the design and construction of many major infrastructure projects, some of which still stand today, including Circular Quay and Fort Denison.

The end of transportation

By the late 1840s, a strong political movement to end the convict system had formed in Sydney. Large pastoralists fought to keep their supply of cheap labour, but by 1850 the tide had turned, and no more convicts were transported to Sydney.

Fowles, Joseph

Farmer, businessman, racing enthusiast, Joseph Fowles was also a successful artist, who left a visual record of Sydney in 1848 that remains invaluable to historians.

Victoria Barracks

Victoria Barracks, on what is now Oxford Street in Paddington, has been continuously occupied by military personnel since it was built in 1841. It is an outstanding example of colonial military architecture.

Residential building

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Paddington

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Inner-east residential suburb, named for the London borough, with 3,800 terrace houses built between 1860 and 1890. It was one of the earliest Sydney suburbs to be valued for its heritage buildings, many of which have been restored.

Victoria Barracks

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Army quarters in Paddington with a range of sandstone buildings dating from 1841 to the Edwardian period, that comprise one of the best groups of colonial buildings in Sydney. The Barracks housed British soldiers until 1870 before occupation by colonial forces and the Australian Army.