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St Benedict's, George St West c1870s

St Benedict's, George St West c1870s

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State Library of New South Wales

[a089066 / SPF/66]

(Mitchell Library)

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Christian church architecture

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Catholic Religious building

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St Benedict's Catholic church Broadway

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Broadway Chippendale

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State Library of New South Wales

Christian church architecture

Church architecture in Sydney has at times been the most significant and exceptional in the architecture of Sydney. At other times, church denominations have settled on continuing a successful type, seeking to make a noticeable character across the region. As immigrants imported their traditions, they adapted to the materials and surroundings of the new country.

Catholic

Religious building

St Benedict's Catholic church Broadway

An early Catholic church and school, designed by British architect AW Pugin which was shortened in 1926 to allow widening of Broadway.

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Broadway

Street at the western edge of Sydney's central business district which gives its name to the locality around it.

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Chippendale

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Inner-city suburb on the land of the Gadigal people which was developed for farming and industry with dense, working-class housing during the nineteenth century, now undergoing gentrification.