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The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) located in The Domain in Sydney, NSW, is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the second largest in Australia after the National Gallery of Victoria.
History
At Sydney's great International Exhi Read more..view profile | Sydney |
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. Appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, Phillip was the founder of the site whi Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Australian Museum is Australia's oldest museum: a museum of natural history and anthropology, its collections cover invertebrate and vertebrate zoology, mineralogy and palaeontology, and anthropology.
The Australian Museum was founded in 1827. Read more..view profile | 0 |
Built in 1816, Cadman's Cottage is one of only a handful of Sydney buildings that remain from the first 30 years of the colony.
Originally built as the 'Coxswain's Barracks', it was attached to Governor Macquarie's dockyard and stores on the shore Read more..view profile | The Rocks |
The Coat of Arms in current use by the Council of the City of Sydney was adopted as a visual identification in 1996 and adapts elements of the Coat of Arms which was formally granted by the College of Arms in 1908.
Historical Development of the Coat Read more..view profile | Sydney |
Customs House, located in the city's Circular Quay area, is one of Sydney's historic landmark buildings, and has featured in the working and cultural life of the city since it was constructed in 1845.
Heritage is important to Customs House and the Read more..more information | Circular Quay |
Fort Denison is a former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island located north of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
Prior to European settlement, the island had the Aboriginal name Mat-te Read more..view profile | Sydney |
Until 1810, New South Wales had no regular postal service. On 26 June of that year the home of Isaac Nicholls was designated as the colony's first regular post office, under the order of Governor Macquarie. An 1825 Act of the Legislative Council prov Read more..view profile | Sydney |
Government House was constructed between 1837 and 1845 by Edward Blore after the British government decided upon its necessity in Sydney in 1835.
Its construction was supervised by Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis, and Colonel Barney of the Royal Read more..view profile | Sydney |
Use the links below to discover how Sydney was founded and its early history.
The First Fleet
Who was in command of the First Fleet?
What was the date when they left Portsmouth?
Name 2 places the First Fleet stopped on the voyage to Read more..view profile | Sydney |
In 1842 Sydney was incorporated as a city. Sydney as a settlement was established in 1788 as a convict colony ruled by British Governors. In 1823, a Legislative Council was founded but the Governor retained the power to appoint officials to the Counc Read more..view profile | Sydney |
Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney is a place of outstanding importance for all Australians.
It is one of the most significant secular buildings surviving from Australia's colonial era.
As the first convict barrack in the colony, it marked a major c Read more..more information | Sydney |
The Justice & Police Museum was originally the Water Police Court (1856), Water Police Station (1858) and Police Court (1886).
Restored to their 1890s character, the building's heavy blocks of sandstone, spiked gates, winding steps and corridor of Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Office of the Lord Mayor:
This Office ensures that the Lord Mayor is accessible to all those with a genuine interest in the City of Sydney. The Office of the Lord Mayor liaises with constituents, international cities, other capital cities, the Read more..more information | Sydney |
The Museum of Contemporary Art is located on the Sydney Harbour foreshore at West Circular Quay.
It is Australia's only museum dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art from across Australia and around the world.
Wit Read more..view profile | The Rocks |
The poor quality of the original Sydney Government House, as well as crime and unsanitary conditions in the growing Sydney settlement convinced successive Governors of the desirability of a rural residence.
In 1799 the second Governor, John Hunter Read more..view profile | Parramatta |
Parliament House in Sydney is located on Macquarie Street's east side and consists of several buildings housing the Parliament of New South Wales.
The oldest part of Parliament House was first built as the north wing of the Rum Hospital. Macquarie Read more..view profile | 0 |
Sydney (pronounced /ˈsɪdniː/) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.28 million (2006 estimate).
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales, and is the site of the first Eu Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Sydney Harbour Bridge, also affectionately known as the 'Coathanger', was opened on March 19th 1932 by Premier Jack Lang, after six years of construction.
Made of steel the Sydney Harbour Bridge contains 6 million hand driven rivets. The surfa Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Sydney Observatory was built in 1858, is Australia's oldest observatory and one of the most significant sites in the nation's scientific history.
Recognised as an item of 'state significance' by the New South Wales Government, the Observatory Read more..view profile | The Rocks |
The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007.
Designed by Jørn Utzon, a Danish architect and Ove Arup & Partners, the Sydney Opera House is one of the world's most distinctive 20th century buildings, and one of the Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Sydney Town Hall is one of Sydney's best-loved icons.
For more than a century it has been the city's major public and civic building, its clock a popular landmark and the marble steps leading up to the entrance, one of Sydney's favourite meeti Read more..more information | 0 |
The Symbols of the City are bestowed upon citizens for outstanding contributions to the community in their relative fields. The Symbols of the City are as follows:
Key to the City
The granting of the Key to the City is a symbolic presentation which Read more..view profile | 0 |
The Capitol Theatre is located at 13 Campbell St Haymarket, NSW, Australia. Construction of the first Belmore Markets was completed by 1869, and this site would be used for theatre on Saturday nights from 1893 onwards.
Sydney's Capitol Theatre has Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The City of Sydney Flag">The flag of the City of Sydney is flown from Sydney Town Hall. The design incorporates features from the Coat of Arms for the City of Sydney which was granted by the British College of Heralds in 1908.
The flag is a horizo Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Great Synagogue in Sydney, Australia was designed by non-Jewish architect Thomas Rowe and consecrated in 1878.
Sporadic Jewish worship was originally led in Australia by former convict Joseph Marcus in the 1820s. In 1828, free settler Joseph Read more..view profile | Sydney |
Constructed between 1811-1816 in the former southern wing of the Sydney Hospital, the Mint was known as the Rum Hospital, built by private contractors in exchange for an exclusive license to import rum.
It was the first branch of the Royal Mint t Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Museum of Sydney is an imaginative museum offering the visitor a journey of discovery and wonder through Sydney 1788 and beyond.
Fascinating exhibitions, films and state of the art technology spin stories of colonial life, Aboriginal culture, Read more..view profile | Sydney |
Recent archaeological investigations associated with the Sydney Town Hall upgrade have uncovered evidence of the Old Sydney Burial Ground that was formerly on the site. The cemetery was in use from 1792 to 1820, but was exhumed in 1869 to make way fo Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The State Theatre is without doubt a truly magnificent and unique building.
Its importance has been recognised by The National Trust of Australia that has classified it as "a building of great historical significance and high architectural qualit Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Strand Arcade is a historic shopping arcade located between Pitt Street Mall and George Street in the heart of Sydney's CBD. It is the only surviving one its original form.
When it opened in 1892 it was the fifth and the last of the arcades bu Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The Sydney Hospital is a major hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Macquarie Street in the Sydney central business district.
It is the oldest hospital in Australia, dating back to 1788, and at its current location since 1811. It first attain Read more..view profile | Sydney |
The historic estate of Vaucluse House is one of but a small number of 19th century harbourside estates still existent.
Built in 1803, Vaucluse House was the residence of William Charles Wentworth, 'father' of the first Constitution for New South W Read more..view profile | Vaucluse |
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