Kirribilli
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Kirribilli is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. One of the city's most established and affluent neighbourhoods, it is located three kilometres north of the Sydne
Kirribilli from the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Kirribilli House
The Sydney city centre behind Kirribilli in 1937. The two regions were linked by the opening Harbour Bridge.
Admiralty House
Admiralty House, Sydney
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Admiralty House is the official residence of the governor-general of Australia in Sydney. It is located in the suburb of Kirribilli, on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour, and adjacent to Kirrib
Kirribilli
…Gibbes families. Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes (1787–1873), the Collector of Customs for New South Wales, built 'Wotonga' - the forerunner of Admiralty House - in 1842–43 on a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site which he leased, and then purchased, from the Campbells. Gibbes' son, William John Gibbes, lived nearby in…
Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes and Elizabeth Gibbes, 1865. The building that would become Admiralty House was initially erected by the Gibbes family.
The residence, when it was known as Wotonga, and owned by Thomas Cadell, c. 1880
Admiralty House in 1930. The building was closed that year, and was not reopened until 1936.