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The Macquarie Place obelisk, Government House and windmills in the Domain c1821

By
Major James Taylor
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a2916001 / V1/ca.1821/4 (detail)]
(Detail of Plate 1 of 'Panoramic views of Port Jackson', c1821, drawn by Major James Taylor, engraved by R. Havell & Sons, published in London 1823) (Mitchell Library)

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Taylor, Major James

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.

Lucas, Nathaniel

Convict, carpenter, miller, trader and family man, Nathaniel Lucas made good in the colony and founded a large family.

Obelisks

Mills and windmills

First Government House

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Residence for the first nine Governors of NSW, which was the first major building in the colony. The first permanent building in the colony, it had two storeys built of bricks and stone comprising six rooms, two cellars and a rear staircase. In front of the house was a garden where many imported plant species were grown and the first orchard planted. The Museum of Sydney, on the corner of Bridge and Phillip Streets, was built on its site.

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.

The Domain

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Park in central Sydney which dates from the colony's earliest days.

Kable's mill

Windmill erected by Nathaniel Lucas at the Domain in 1805 and later leased for a period to Henry Kable. It was the first post mill constructed in the Sydney Cove area, and was capable of grinding more than six bushels per hour. It stood approximately where the Shakespeare Memorial statue is located in front of the Mitchell Library's main entrance.

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Palmer's Mill

Large stone windmill constructed by Commisary John Palmer that he operated along with a smaller timber mill and the government bakery on land in the present-day upper Botanic Gardens. 

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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.