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Obelisks

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Obelisks

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Anzac Parade Obelisk

Hyde Park obelisk

Macquarie Place obelisk

Dedication of Captain Cook reserve and monument at Kurnell 6 May 1899

Macquarie Place, Sydney c1923-4

Macquarie's Obelisk, Macquarie Place, 24 March 1926

The Macquarie Place obelisk, Government House and windmills in the Domain c1821

The Obelisk on Elizabeth Street 1930s

Thornton's obelisk 3 June 2011

Thornton's obelisk, Hyde Park 1960s

View of Macquarie Place 1850s

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Obelisks

Anzac Parade Obelisk

Six metre high memorial which stands on a stepped sandstone base. The lower portion of the monument consists of light-coloured sandstone masonry featuring a simple curved decorative motif at its top.

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Hyde Park obelisk

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Sewerage vent modeled on Cleopatra's Needle on the banks of the Thames River in London. It was one of the earliest monuments recording the good works of a Sydney mayor.

Macquarie Place obelisk

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Sandstone obelisk erected by Governor Macquarie in 1818 to mark the place from which public roads in the colony were measured. Designed by Francis Greenway and built by Edward Cureton with convict labour.

Dedication of Captain Cook reserve and monument at Kurnell 6 May 1899

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Contributed By

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

(Tyrrell Photographic Collection)

Macquarie Place, Sydney c1923-4

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hall_35139 / Home and Away 35139]

Macquarie's Obelisk, Macquarie Place, 24 March 1926

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a1528411 / SPF / Sydney - Monuments - The Obelisk, Macquarie Place, 1926 (1)]

(Mitchell Library)

The Macquarie Place obelisk, Government House and windmills in the Domain c1821

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By

Major James Taylor

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a2916001 / V1/ca.1821/4 (detail)]

(Detail of Plate 1 of 'Panoramic views of Port Jackson', c1821, drawn by Major James Taylor, engraved by R. Havell & Sons, published in London 1823) (Mitchell Library)

The Obelisk on Elizabeth Street 1930s

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_03926 / Home and Away 3926]

(Mitchell Library)

Thornton's obelisk 3 June 2011

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Contributed By

Private collection

Thornton's obelisk, Hyde Park 1960s

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Contributed By

City of Sydney Archives

[037\037712]

(SRC11313)

View of Macquarie Place 1850s

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a7123001 / SV/237]

(Mitchell Library)

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