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Macquarie Place c1869-74

Macquarie Place c1869-74

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American & Australasian Photographic Company

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State Library of New South Wales

[a089559 / SPF/559]

(Mitchell Library)

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American & Australasian Photographic Company

State Library of New South Wales

Macquarie Place

In the early nineteenth century Macquarie Place was the administrative and business hub of Sydney. Today traces of its long history can be found in the monuments, relics and old trees which still remain.

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Macquarie Place

The open space at the corner of Loftus and Bridge streets marked with an obelisk from which roads in the colony were measured. Originally the area was swampy mangrove land on the banks of the Tank Stream it has been a public meeting place since the 1790s.

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Doric fountain Macquarie Place

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Sandstone Doric fountain designed by Francis Greenway and Mrs Macquarie. It was built in 1819 by stonemason, Edward Cureton and demolished c1883 to make way for statue of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort.