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Exchange Sydney c1863-1865

Exchange Sydney c1863-1865

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Dalton's Royal Photographic Establishment

State Library of New South Wales

Banking and Finance

Colonial architecture

Commercial building

Royal Exchange

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Building which aimed to provide a place of meeting for the commercial community. It was situated on Bridge Street, and its construction was met with support from Sydney's business community including John Fairfax, Thomas Holt Jnr, David Jones and Thomas Sutcliffe Mort. The first telegraphic message in New South Wales was sent from the Exchange to Liverpool on the day of its official opening, and then the state's first telephone system was established in the building in 1880. Wool auctions were held in the building from 1864 until its demolition in 1964. Originally called the Sydney Exchange, it was designated the Royal Exchange in May 1901.

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.

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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Bridge Street

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Street in the centre of the city that runs from Macquarie to George Streets that was named for the bridge across the Tank Stream. The town was both physically and socially divided by the stream. On the eastern side was the Governor's house and tents of the civil establishment and to the west, the makeshift barracks of the military and convicts. The timber log bridge built in October 1788 was replaced by a stone bridge in 1803.