Hyde Park Barracks

Gaol or detention centre, , Court, Cultural organisation

Sydney landmark designed by Francis Greenway to house male convicts, which subsequently became an immigration depot, government asylum, law courts and museum.

Types
1819
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1848
1848
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1886
1887
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1990
1990
Milestones
Constructed
1817
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1819
Positions
1817
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1819

Hyde Park Barracks

by Laila EllmoosCreative Commons License

From convict barracks to female immigration depot to asylum for destitute women, Hyde Park Barracks has witnessed and revealed much of Sydney's social history.
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