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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 .
The first original depiction of a thoroughfare between Harrington and Gloucester Streets in the location of Cumberland Place appears in the 1832 NSW General Post Office (GPO) Directory. An 1838 plan of Sydney is the earliest known official plan that shows the name of the "Cribbs Lane" between Cumberland and Gloucester Streets. [1]
Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia.Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney. [1] As home to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Bank, Westpac and other corporations, it is also a centre of business and finance.
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.
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 .
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 North Sydney Post Office is a heritage-listed post office located at 92-94 Pacific Highway, North Sydney, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Colonial Architect ’s Office under the direction of James Barnet , and built from 1885 to 1889 by James Reynolds.