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Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, c1890

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Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, c1890

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.

Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.

Prince Alfred Park

First known to Europeans as Cleveland Paddocks, the area that became Prince Alfred Park was gazetted as a public reserve in 1865, and called after Prince Alfred during his ill-fated visit in 1868. Exhibition buildings were built in the park in 1870, lasting until 1954, and elements of the original park plan, including Moreton Bay fig trees along the boundaries, still remain.

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Victorian architecture

Intercolonial Exhibition Building

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Exhibition hall built in Prince Alfred Park in 1870 to mark the centenary of Captain Cook's landing at Botany Bay and to house the first major inter-colonial Australian Exhibition.

Prince Alfred Park Surry Hills

Large open parkland in Surry Hills bounded by Cleveland and Chalmers streets which had been part of Cleveland Paddocks between the 1820s and 1865.

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