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Building Image Location State First built Use Notes The Hermitage Castle Hill: New South Wales: 1802 [13]: Residential Historians believe it may be Sydney's oldest surviving slab hut, surviving for so long as it was built of the termite-resistant turpentine timber cut on the property, as well as the fact that it is surrounded by a later house. [14]
It is the oldest building in The Rocks which is the birthplace of the city, the third oldest in the city and one of only ten or so Georgian buildings surviving from pre-1840 Sydney. As the headquarters of the Government boats until 1846 Cadmans was closely associated with Sydney's development and commercial life.
Victorian sandstone buildings juxtaposed with modern skyscrapers The Sydney Opera House by Danish architect Jørn Utzon. The architecture of Sydney, Australia’s oldest city, is not characterised by any one architectural style, but by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture over the city's 200-year history, from its modest beginnings with local materials and lack of ...
The Sydney Mint in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is the oldest surviving public building in the Sydney central business district. Built between 1811 and 1816 as the southern wing of the Sydney Hospital , it was then known as the Rum Hospital .
Melbourne & Sydney Buildings 1927 City Centre: The pair of Inter-War Mediterranean style buildings were the earliest major developments in the City Centre The exterior and remaining original interiors are protected by the ACT Heritage Register. They are still used for commercial and residential purposes. Canberra School of Art 1939 Acton
On October 20, 1973 — exactly 50 years ago this Friday — the Sydney Opera House was opened to great fanfare by the late Queen Elizabeth II.. Completed a decade late and vastly over-budget, the ...
The building was part of the first permanent hospital in Australia and held the first Parliament in Australia. It is the oldest public building in the City of Sydney. The building is a rare example of a cultural building which has continuously operated as a working environment. [1]
Vaucluse House This is a list of heritage houses in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The following houses are listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List, the New South Wales State Heritage Register, various local government heritage registers, and/or the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2019) House Built ...