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Macquarie's Obelisk, Macquarie Place, 24 March 1926

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[a1528411 / SPF / Sydney - Monuments - The Obelisk, Macquarie Place, 1926 (1)]
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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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Macquarie Place obelisk

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Sandstone obelisk erected by Governor Macquarie in 1818 to mark the place from which public roads in the colony were measured. Designed by Francis Greenway and built by Edward Cureton with convict labour.