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Restrictions on spectators for the first race meet at Hyde Park Racecourse in October 1810

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[The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 13 October 1810, p1 via Trove]

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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.

Horseracing

Gambling

Recreation and Sport

Eating and Drinking

Entertainment and Spectacle

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser

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First newspaper published in Sydney, from 5 March 1803 until 20 October 1842. 

Originally printed in a lean-to shed at the back of Government House, the newspaper moved to different premises in Macquarie Place in 1808 and then to a building on lower George Street in December 1810. In 1824 the printery moved again to a larger two storey building further south on George Street on the corner of Charlotte Place. 

Hyde Park racecourse

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