New South Wales - Sydney - Historic Buildings
Central
Art Gallery Of New South Wales
Collections include Aboriginal & Torres Strait gallery, Asian Art, Western Art, Contemporary Art, photography, and the Brett Whiteley Studio.
Cadman's Cottage
One of the oldest Cottages in Sydney dating from 1816, Cadman's Cottage is a compact sandstone building located in the Rocks area.
Capitol Theatre
In 1995 The Capitol Theatre reopend to widespread acclaim for its magnificent restoration and facilities, continuing more than 100 years of entertainment tradition on the site.
The restoration and extensions into a lyric theatre, included new galleries and back stage facilities.
Customs House
Customs House has Djamu Gallery. Exhibition facilities, bar, restaurant.
Elizabeth Bay House
A superb example of colonial architecture, Elizabeth Bay House was once described as 'the finest house in the colony' and enjoys a magnificent view of Sydney Harbour.
Government House
Set high on the Harbour, next to the Opera House and the Royal Botanic Gardens, lie the magnificent gardens and buildings of Government House. Government House was built between 1837 and 1845.
Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Discover the daily lives of convicts and other occupants through exhibitions on Sydney's male convict labour force, Australia's convict system, an innovative soundscape, excavated artefacts, exposed layers of building fabric and the complex's rooms and spaces.
Meroogal
Located in the Nowra and built in 1885, Meerogal has been a home to four generations of women from the same family.
Police & Justice Museum
The museum presents a lively program of changing exhibitions and educational activities.
Queen Victoria Building (QVB)
The QVB fills an entire city block bound by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. The dominant feature is the mighty centre dome, consisting of an inner glass dome and an exterior copper- sheathed dome.
Royal Hall of Industries
The Royal Hall of Industries is majestic, full of history, but most of all, it's big!
State Library of NSW
The library has a range of computer software and equipment to enable people with a disability to access the library's resources.
St Mary's Cathedral
It is the seat of the Archbishop of Sydney, and stands on the site of the first Catholic Chapel in Australia.
Susannah Place
Built in 1844, Suzannah Place is a terrace of four hoses located in the Rocks. Its modest interiors and year yards illustrate the restrictions of 19th century inner city life. Susannah Place's recreated turn-of-the-century corner sells goods from that era.
Sydney Town Hall
The Sydney Town Hall is an impressive centre for civic and cultural events and its state of the art facilities make it one of Sydney's most exciting venues.
The Rocks
Visitors can enjoy harbour views and shopping, dining and daily live entertainment.
The State Theatre
As well as a proud working venue, the State Theatre is also a state of the art meeting and function facility. The basement levels of the theatre have been tastefully restored and transformed into a magnificent suite of rooms allowing for the widest range of corporate and social usage.
The Sydney Observatory
It offers up to date interactive programs of exhibitions, films, workshops and talks.
Victoria Barracks
The Barracks contains the parade ground, guard house, original officers quarters, main barrack block and the army museum.
North
Quarantine Station
The Station is in an historic area that has many culturally significant buildings and engravings.
Rose Seidler House
Internationally renowned architect Harry Seidler built the House between 1948 and 1950. Its original furniture is one of the most important post war design collections in Australia. The House has panoramic views of Ku-ring-gai National Park.
East
Vaucluse House
Formely, the home of William Wentworth from 1827-1853, Vaucluse House displays how the wealthy lived in Sydney during the 19th Century.
West
Elizabeth Farm
Commenced in 1793, it was the home of John and Elizabeth Macarthur, pioneers of the Australian wool industry.
Experimental Farm
Experimental Farm, now a museum, was set up by the fledgling colony to research farming techniques in Australia and helped to stave off starvation.
Hambledon Cottage
Cottage is situated in a Park, with accessible seats and tables, pathways and shade.
Old Government House
Governor Arthur Phillip built a cottage here in 1790 (the remains can still be seen today). Governor Hunter and Governor Macquarie built the existing house between 1799 and 1818.
Rouse Hill Estate
At the heart of the property is a neo classical sandstone house built between 1813 and 1818 by convict labourers.