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Hyde Park and Macquarie Street 1821

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[Mitchell Map Collection Z/M4 811.16/1821/1 ]
(Detail from 'A Sketch of the Town of Sydney 1821')

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Hyde Park racecourse

Though it existed for only 15 years, Hyde Park racecourse was to set at least one standard for racing in New South Wales.

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Hyde Park

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Park providing green space in Sydney's busy centre.

Hyde Park racecourse

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Racetrack established in Hyde Park by officers of the 73rd Regiment for recreation and entertainment.

Hyde Park Barracks

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Georgian brick building at the southern end of Macquarie Street. Designed by colonial architect Francis Greenway to house male convicts, it subsequently became an immigration depot, government asylum, law courts and museum.

St James Anglican church Queens Square

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Early Anglican church which was Australia's tallest structure from 1822 to 1853 The copper steeple is 52 metres high and was part of the modification to the original plans which were for a courthouse on the site.

Sydney Hospital

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Hospital founded by Lachlan Macquarie and housed in a number of buildings in Macquarie Street.

St Mary's Cathedral

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St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney and the mother diocese of Australia, and remains the largest ecclesiastical building in the English Gothic style in the world.

Supreme Court building King Street

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Georgian style courthouse on King Street next door to St James church. The building was originally intended to be the Georgian Public School, Macquarie's first public school, but was modified during construction to accommodate the Supreme Court instead.