Policing Sydney’s harbour was the task of its Water Police. This courthouse and adjacent police office was built from Bennelong Point sandstone to the design of Colonial Architect Edmund Blacket.
Plans for a new Australian Parliament House for Sydney were first announced in the early 1860s,
The architect Edmund Blacket designed the original Neogothic sandstone Quadrangle and Great Tower buildings, which were completed in 1862.
Started in 1837, the plans prepared by the architect James Hume, were of much more modest proportions and were for a traditional cruciform church in the Gothic style.
James Barnet’s design for a combined Art Gallery, Museum and Library in 1874, never constructed. Intended for the corner of College and William streets was far grander than the museum as built,
Originally the Colonial Secretary’s Building, this sandstone building was the seat of colonial administration, has been used continuously by the Government of New South Wales,
Beautiful sandstone facade on this well maintained heritage building, and considered to be one of State Architect James Barnet’s best small-scale works.
St. Mary’s Cathedral is the largest ecclesiastical building in Australia. Work began in 1868 while the architect William Wardell was still based in Melbourne.
Combined warehouses and offices for the Australasian Steam Navigation Company on the waterfront of The Rocks area of Sydney.
Donated to the City of Sydney by the Hon. John Frazer, MLC (1827-84), a merchant, company director and philanthropist.
