General Post Office

Post office

Renaissance Palazzo style building in Sydney's central business district, designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet and constructed in Pyrmont sandstone.

Names
Alternate
Westin Hotel
1999
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2011
Milestones
Constructed
1866
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1874
Modified
1897
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1905
Positions
1865
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1874

General Post Office

by Laila Ellmoos, 2008

 

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From convict beginnings, the General Post Office was to re-emerge in the 1860s in Italian Renaissance grandeur when James Barnet created an enduring centrepiece for Sydney.
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