Hyde Park Barracks

Posted on June 11, 2011 - Filed Under Historic Sites | Leave a Comment

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Hyde Park Barracks Museum is one of Sydney’s most important historic buildings as well as an impressive example of early Australian architecture. It is one of the few secular buildings that survive from Sydney’s early colonial past and was the first convict barrack in the colony. It has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage […]

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Hyde Park War Memorial

Posted on June 7, 2011 - Filed Under Historic Sites | 1 Comment

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Hyde Park War Memorial, otherwise known as the ANZAC Memorial Building is located at the south end of Sydney’s beautiful Hyde Park and is the primary commemorative military monument in the state of New South Wales. Early History: In April 1916, on the first anniversary of the landing of Australian troops at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, […]

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