HMAS Sydney I – SMS Emden Memorial
HMAS Sydney I – SMS Emden Memorial is a heritage-listed former foreign naval ship gun and now war memorial and war trophy located in Hyde Park, on the corner of Liverpool and College Streets in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by City of Sydney and built from 1917 by Messrs Loveridge and Hudson, Redfern. It is also known as HMAS Sydney 1 - SMS Emden Memorial and Emden Gun. The property is owned by City of Sydney. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 27 February 2015.
HMAS Sydney I – SMS Emden Memorial
The breach of the Emden gun, facing towards Whitlam Square, up Oxford Street, in 2018.
The Emden gun, pictured at night in 2012.
The Emden gun, pictured in 2007.
Hyde Park, Sydney, is an urban park, of 16.2-hectare (40-acre), located in the central business district of Sydney, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is the oldest public parkland in Australia. Hyde Park is on the eastern fringe of the Sydney city centre and is approximately rectangular in shape, being squared at the southern end and rounded at the northern end. It is bordered on the west by Elizabeth Street, on the east by College Street, on the north by St James Road and Prince Albert Road and on the south by Liverpool Street.
Avenue of Hill's weeping fig in Hyde Park
Avenue in Hyde Park, circa 1935, showing St Mary's Cathedral before its spires were added.
Hyde Park in 1934 from above.
The park in 1930.
