Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The General Post Office (abbreviation GPO, commonly known as the Sydney GPO) is a heritage-listed landmark building located in Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The original building was constructed in two stages beginning in 1866 and was designed under the guidance of Colonial Architect James Barnet .
Sydney GPO building. On 2 June 1939 the Menzies government agreed to the creation of a Royal Commission to look into the £400,000 contract for extensions to the Sydney GPO. [1] On 8 June 1939 the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into the expansion works were released. [2]
Detail of Sydney GPO, showing Barnet's name along with date:Jan 23 1885 (image has been turned sideways to facilitate reading) James Johnstone Barnet, (1827 in Almericlose, Arbroath, Scotland – 16 December 1904 in Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales) was the Colonial Architect for Colonial New South Wales, serving from 1862 to 1890.
Ultimo Post Office, Sydney. (May 2020) Ultimo Post Office was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [1] The former Ultimo Post Office, built in 1901, is historically significant for its associations with the development of Ultimo/Pyrmont as a predominantly industrial and warehouse precinct by the turn of the ...
From the early 1990s, Stapleton took part in two large Sydney heritage conservation projects: the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf and the Sydney General Post Office (GPO). [6] At Woolloomooloo the old wharf was repiled and converted to hotel and apartment use. The commercial use of what had been public space was subject to criticism in the press. [7]
The lathe is however attributed to turning the stone columns for some of Sydney's most majestic buildings. The extension of the Sydney GPO in the 1880s, the Queen Victoria Building (1898), Circular Quay railway station (early 1900s), and the Martin Place Savings Bank (1925), amongst others. At this time, suggestions are that the lathe was based ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Redfern Post Office is a heritage-listed former residence and now post office located at 113 Redfern Street in the inner western Sydney suburb of Redfern in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Colonial Architect’s Office under James Barnet and built by Goddard and Pittman.