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Known as 'the finest house in the colony', Elizabeth Bay House was built between 1835 and 1839 for the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales at the time, Alexander Macleay
Category: Landmarks, Things To Do
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Government House
Designed by Edward Blore, the same architect that designed the Buckingham Palace, Sydney's Government House is the most sophisticated example of Gothic Revival architecture in Australia. Built in the 1840s
Category: Landmarks, Sydney City
Customs House
Customs House is one of Sydney's finest heritage buildings and a dynamic cultural destination located in Circular Quay. Featured in the working and cultural life of the city since it
Category: Landmarks, Things To Do, Circular Quay
Cadman's Cottage
Cadman's Cottage, home to the Sydney Harbour National Park Information Centre, was built in 1816 and is the city's oldest surviving residence. Boasting a sandstone structure, the building was named
Category: Landmarks, Things To Do, The Rocks
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is one of Australia's premier sporting venues for Test Cricket, One Day International cricket, and the home ground for AFL side Sydney Swans. Located in the
Category: Sport, Venue Reviews, Landmarks, Sydney Cricket Ground SCG, Moore Park
Vaucluse House
The stately Vaucluse House in Sydney's exclusive Eastern suburbs was built in fits between 1805 and the 1860s in a mixture of styles such as its venerable Gothic Revival facades
Category: Landmarks
State Theatre
The State Theatre is a magnificent and unique building of great historical significance and high architectural quality in Sydney. Built in 1929, the State Theatre - alongside other Sydney icons
Category: Theatre, Landmarks, State Theatre, Sydney City
Victoria Barracks
The Victoria Barracks is one of the best-known examples of military architecture in Australia and was constructed using locally quarried sandstone between February 1841 and April 1848. Located in Paddington
Category: Landmarks, Things To Do, Paddington
Fort Denison
This historic venue set in Sydney's world-famous harbour was completed in 1837 as a home for the worst convicts. Featuring warm sandstone finishes and unobstructed views of Sydney's iconic Opera
Category: Landmarks, Things To Do, Sydney Harbour
Bradley's Head Trail
The Bradley's Head Trail from Sydney's Bradleys Head - a headland protruding from the north shore of Sydney Harbour - to Chowder Bay is a fantastic way to explore a
Category: Landmarks, Things To Do, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Sydney City, Sydney Harbour
Mrs/Lady Macquarie's Chair
Lady Macquarie's Chair aka Mrs Macquarie's Chair is a famous Sydney landmark located east of the Opera House on the eastern edge of the Royal Botanic Gardens. This brilliant vantage
Category: Landmarks, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney City
Queen Victoria Building (QVB)
Sydney's Queen Victoria Building is a stately icon and shopping centre which fills an entire city block and houses some of the most stylish fashion boutiques, art, jewellery and antique
Category: Venue Reviews, Landmarks, Sydney City
The Strand Arcade
The Strand Arcade in the Sydney CBD is a building with a sense of old-fashion grandeur yet specialises in cutting-edge design stores with fashion, jewellery and accessories on display. In
Category: Venue Reviews, Landmarks, Sydney City
Susannah Place Museum
The Susannah Place Museum in Sydney is a small terrace of four brick houses that give a rare glimpse into Australian domestic working class life from 1844-1990. Despite being built
Category: Venue Reviews, Landmarks, The Rocks
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