Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
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The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney is a heritage-listed major 30-hectare (74-acre) botanical garden, event venue and public recreation area located at Farm Cove on the eastern fringe of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
Entrance to the Royal Botanic Garden from Art Gallery Road
Old Windmill. Government Domain, 1836, lithograph, J.G. Austin
Charles Moore
The International Exhibition of 1879 at the Garden Palace
Macquarie Street, Sydney
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Macquarie Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Macquarie Street extends from Hyde Park at its southern end to the Sydney Opera House at its northern end. Apart from connecting these two major landmarks, the key government institutions of the state of New South Wales are all located on this street.
Hyde Park Barracks (completed 1819)
St James' Church (completed 1824)
The Sydney Hospital, after rebuilding was completed in 1894.
The central section of Macquarie Street c.1900, looking south: the tall building on the right is the Colonial Secretary's Building, while on the left is the gate of the Royal Botanic Gardens leading to Government House and the Government House stables (now the Sydney Conservatorium of Music)