Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Educational institutionThe oldest School of Arts in Sydney was founded to provide further education for working people and has done so since its inception in 1833.
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
by Dictionary of Sydney staff writer, 2008
Founded in 1833 on the model of Scottish Mechanics' Institutes, the SMSA sought to provide further education for working men through lectures, classes and a library. Many of Sydney's foremost intellectuals, inventors and innovators were associated with it, and it influenced the development of both the University of Sydney and technical education in New South Wales. It still provides a library and lectures to Sydneysiders in 2009.
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Arthouse Hotel
by Mark Dunn, 2010supported by Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Built as the library, hall and rooms for the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, and long a centre of cultural life in Sydney, the Arthouse Hotel was converted into a pub in the 1990s.
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