George McRae was a Scottish-Australian architect who migrated from his native Edinburgh to Sydney, where he became Government Architect of New South Wales and designed some of Sydney's best-known buildings, including completion of the Sydney Town Hall, the Queen Victoria Building, and the lower entrance to Taronga Zoo.
George McRae, circa 1890
Cessnock Court House.
Queen Victoria Building with Sydney's former tram service in view, c. 1920.
Department of Education Building, Bridge Street, Sydney.
The Sydney Town Hall is a late 19th-century heritage-listed town hall building in the city of Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, housing the chambers of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, council offices, and venues for meetings and functions. It is located at 483 George Street, in the Sydney central business district opposite the Queen Victoria Building and alongside St Andrew's Cathedral. Sited above the Town Hall station and between the city shopping and entertainment precincts, the steps of the Town Hall are a popular meeting place.
The Sydney Town Hall.
The Sydney Town Hall was inspired by the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, France, making similar use of its mansard roofs and Victorian Second Empire detail.
Sydney Town Hall as it appeared in the early 1900s facing north with St. Andrew's Cathedral to the left
Clock tower