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Part of Sydney & St James' Church from the square called the Race Course, 1844

By
Jacob Janssen
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[SSV / 134]
(attributed (Mitchell Library)

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Janssen, Jacob

Prussian artist who arrived in Sydney in December 1840.

State Library of New South Wales

Horseracing

Parks

Roads

Hyde Park racecourse

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

Hyde Park

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Park providing green space in Sydney's busy centre.

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.

The Mint

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Building on Macquarie Street, originally part of Sydney Hospital and subsequently used as a mint.

Macquarie Street

Street at the eastern edge of Sydney's central business district, designed as a ceremonial thoroughfare by Lachlan Macquarie and containing many of Sydney's public buildings. It was later the best address in the colony, and became a prestigious medical precinct in the twentieth century.

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