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Sydney's Garden Palace; an architectural drawing from the 1870s.
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The Sydney International Exhibition (1879)
A reworking of London's Crystal Palace, it is visually similar in many respects to the later Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne; the Sydney building consisted of three turreted wings meeting beneath a central dome. Sydney's first hydraulic lift was contained in the north tower. The building was sited at what is today the southwestern end of the Royal Botanical Gardens, although at the time it was built it occupied land that was outside the Gardens). Constructed primarily from timber which was to assure its complete destruction when engulfed by fire in the early morning of September 22 1882.
The only extant remains of the Garden Palace are its carved sandstone gateposts and wrought iron gates, located on the Macquarie Street entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.[1] A 1940s-era sunken garden and fountain featuring a statue of Cupid marks the former location of the Palace's dome. The only artifact from the International Exhibition to survive the fire - a carved graphite statue of an elephant, from Ceylon - is on exhibit at the Powerhouse Museum.
See also
- Royal Exhibition Building - Melbourne's exhibition building.
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James Johnstone Barnet (1827 – 1904) was the Colonial Architect for New South Wales from 1862 - 1890.
Barnet was born at Almericlose, Arbroath, Scotland. The son of a builder, he was educated at the local high school.
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Barnet was born at Almericlose, Arbroath, Scotland. The son of a builder, he was educated at the local high school.
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London
Canary Wharf is the centre of London's modern office towers
London shown within England
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Canary Wharf is the centre of London's modern office towers
London shown within England
Coordinates:
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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The Crystal Palace was a wrought iron and glass building[1] originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's 990,000 square feet of exhibition space
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State Party Australia
Type Cultural
Criteria ii
Reference 1131
Region Asia-Pacific
Inscription History
Inscription 2004 (28th Session)
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Type Cultural
Criteria ii
Reference 1131
Region Asia-Pacific
Inscription History
Inscription 2004 (28th Session)
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Melbourne
Victoria
Location of Melbourne in Australia
Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
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Victoria
Location of Melbourne in Australia
Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Location of Sydney within Australia
Population:
• Density: 4,280,190 (2006 Census) (1st)
345.
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New South Wales
Location of Sydney within Australia
Population:
• Density: 4,280,190 (2006 Census) (1st)
345.
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Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, are the largest of three major botanical gardens open to the public in Sydney, along with the Mount Annan Botanic Garden and the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden.
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Lumber or timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use — from the time trees are felled, to its
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Fire is an oxidation process that releases energy in varying intensities in the form of light (with wavelengths also outside the visual spectrum) and heat and often creates smoke. It is commonly used to describe either a fuel in a state of combustion (e.g.
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September 22 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s
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Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
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1879 1880 1881 - 1882 - 1883 1884 1885
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Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust.
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Wrought iron is commercially pure iron, having a very small carbon content (not more than 0.15 percent), but usually containing some slag. It is tough, malleable and ductile and is easily welded. However, it is too soft for blades.
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1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
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Year 1940 (MCMXL
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Cupid (Latin cupido) or Eros is the god of erotic love and sex. He is equated with the Greek god Eros, and another one of his Latin names Amor (cognate with Kama).
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Graphite (named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789 from the Greek γραφειν (graphein): "to draw/write", for its use in pencils) is one of the allotropes of carbon.
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Elephantidae
Gray, 1821
Subfamilia
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Gray, 1821
Subfamilia
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Anthem
"Sri Lanka Matha"
Music , Singing
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"Sri Lanka Matha"
Music , Singing
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Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney, the other being the historic Sydney Observatory. Although often described as a science museum, the Powerhouse has a diverse collection encompassing all sorts of technology including
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State Party Australia
Type Cultural
Criteria ii
Reference 1131
Region Asia-Pacific
Inscription History
Inscription 2004 (28th Session)
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Type Cultural
Criteria ii
Reference 1131
Region Asia-Pacific
Inscription History
Inscription 2004 (28th Session)
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The front page of The Sydney Morning Herald
on March 30, 2007.
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Format Broadsheet
Owner Fairfax Media
Editor Alan Oakley
Founded 1831
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