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Royal Botanic Gardens 1920

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Royal Botanic Gardens 1920

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Zoological and Botanical Gardens

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Mitchell Library building State Library of New South Wales building Sydney Conservatorium of Music building

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Macquarie Street Royal Botanic Gardens

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Hurley, Frank

State Library of New South Wales

Royal Botanic Gardens

Planted on land set aside for the governor's demesne, the Botanic Gardens began as kitchen gardens but by the 1840s were already filled with many native and exotic trees and plants for propagation, study and experiment. from the 1850s, the Gardens were laid out according to Victorian principles of garden design, with elements that still give the place a Victorian air.

Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Sydney Conservatorium of Music building

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Designed by Francis Greenway as stables for the Government House that had been commissioned by Governor Macquarie in 1816, the building became the Conservatorium in 1916.

Macquarie Street

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Street at the eastern edge of Sydney's central business district that extends from Circular Quay to Hyde Park, designed as a ceremonial thoroughfare by Lachlan Macquarie and containing many of Sydney's public buildings. It was first gazetted in October 1810 and described as 'The easternmost street in the town, and extending in a southerly direction from the Government Domain to Hyde Park'. It was later the best address in the colony, and became a prestigious medical precinct in the twentieth century.

Royal Botanic Gardens

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Harbourside gardens that combine scientific research with recreation for Sydneysiders.

Mitchell Library

Part of the State Library of New South Wales, the Mitchell Library collection is based on the bequest of David Scott Mitchell, a book collector who amassed an unequalled collection of books on Australia. The collection has continued to grow.

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State Library of New South Wales building

Complex comprising the State Reference Library and the Mitchell Library buildings on Macquarie Street. The sandstone Mitchell wing opened in 1910 and was extended in 1942 to incorporate the New South Wales government's Free Public Library. The Macquarie Street wing where the State Reference Library is housed opened in 1988.

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Mitchell Library building

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The Mitchell Library building was erected in 1910 to house David Scott Mitchell's collection of Australiana which he had bequeathed to the people of New South Wales. In 1942 the building was extended and incorporated the New South Wales government's Free Public Library. The Mitchell Library is part of the State Library of New South Wales.