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Government House, with its setting on Sydney Harbour, has a garden area of five hectares (twelve acres) and is located south of the Sydney Opera House, overlooking Farm Cove. It was designed in a romantic Gothic revival style – castellated , crenellated , turreted and is decorated with oil portraits and the coats of arms of its successive ...
The First Government House was the first residence for the Governors of New South Wales located at 41 Bridge Street, in the Sydney central business district in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1788 to 1789 and used until 1845, after which it was demolished in 1846.
The town of Sydney was declared a city in 1842, and a local government was established. In 1901, the Australian colonies federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia, and Sydney became the capital of the state of New South Wales. Sydney today is Australia's largest city and a major international centre of culture and finance.
Old Government House is a heritage-listed former "country" residence used by ten early Governors of the then-Colony of New South Wales, between 1800 and 1847, and which is located in Parramatta Park in Parramatta, in the suburbs of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [1]
Government House, Canberra, commonly known as Yarralumla, is the official residence of the Governor General of Australia. Admiralty House, Kirribilli is the Governor General's official residence in Sydney. Government Houses for the state Governors exist also in each state and the Northern Territory: Government House, Sydney in New South Wales
The term government house is generally associated in Australia with houses which were used officially as a governors or government representatives residences and places of work. These included larger sites such as Government House, Sydney and old Government House Parramatta, and smaller houses such as that located at East Maitland. In addition ...
Government House, Melbourne, residence of the Governor of Victoria; Government House, Norfolk Island, residence of the Administrator of Norfolk Island; Government House, Perth, residence of the Governor of Western Australia; Government House, Sydney, residence of the Governor of New South Wales
Vaucluse House This is a list of heritage houses in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The following houses are listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List, the New South Wales State Heritage Register, various local government heritage registers, and/or the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2019) House Built ...