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Government House is a grand Gothic Revival mansion which is the Office and Official Residence of the Governor of New South Wales. Government House dates from 1836, and is built alongside the Botanic Garden, overlooking Sydney Harbour. Government House is open from time to time, it's well worth a visit.
First Government House Plaza is an open-air public space and part of the Museum of Sydney, situated at Bridge Street end. The design is minimalist and disciplined, intended to evoke a sense of the site's past. Paving covers most of the First Government House remains.
An engraving of a recently-demolished 'ricketty-looking shanty' was published in The Illustrated Sydney News on 16 July 1864, entitled '"Government House," in the days of Governor Phillip’. The image – a view of a humble cottage in Pitt Street – represents a persistent myth.
AustraliaDay@theHouse. This Australia Day come to Government House Sydney - the perfect location for a free, fun and family friendly experience. WHEN: 12pm to 6pm, Friday 26 January 2024. WHERE: Government House Sydney, Macquarie Street. Access on foot via the Main Gate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on Macquarie Street.
Nov 6, 2019 · The assemblage from the First Government House site was selected for inclusion in the EAMC project. Given the comprehensive nature of the published accounts of the archaeology recovered from the FGH prior to 1987, we concentrated our efforts on the archaeological features recovered during the 1990–1991 excavations of the guard house and revisiting some components of the 1983–1987 ...
Old Government House is an important UNESCO World Heritage listed site, and one of 11 convict sites recognised in the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage series. Situated on the traditional lands of the Burramatta Dharug, the convict-built house and Barracks buildings were built between 1799 and 1818, making them the oldest surviving public ...
Built between 1837 and 1845, for the Governor of New South Wales, Government House was the most sophisticated Gothic Revival building in the colony. The ground floor State Rooms include the dining room, drawing room and ballroom. These contain an outstanding collection of nineteenth and twentieth century furnishings and decoration that reflect changing styles and the differing tastes of the ...
