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Plan of Lot 1, Library allotment, Paddington

By
Ferdinand H Jnr Reuss
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[M2 811.18113/1840-72/1 ]
(Mitchell LIbrary)

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Reuss, Ferdinand H Jnr

Architect and surveyor

State Library of New South Wales

Paddington

Built on Gadigal land in Sydney's east, Paddington has been one of Sydney's most desirable suburbs and one of its least, at different times.

Real Estate

Subdivisions

Suburbanisation

Maps

Australian Subscription Library

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Sydney's first major public library. The organisation formed in 1826 and the Library opened in rented rooms in Pitt Street, 1 December 1827, with 1,000 volumes. In 1845 the Library moved into a purpose built building on the corner of Bent and Macquarie Streets. The organisation was renamed the Australian Library and Literary Institution in 1853. After financial difficulties, in 1869 the collection and building was bought by the colonial government and became the first Free Public Library of Sydney and has since evolved into the State Library of New South Wales.

Paddington

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Inner-east residential suburb, named for the London borough, with 3,800 terrace houses built between 1860 and 1890. It was one of the earliest Sydney suburbs to be valued for its heritage buildings, many of which have been restored.