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Maker & role
Ellis St. John (b.1874, d.1949), Artist
Production date
1924
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Title
Old Barracks, Queens Square, Sydney
Production place
Collection
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 15.6 x W: 20.6cm (H: 156 x W: 206mm)
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Signature & marks
Titled below print image lower left: 'Old Barracks Queens Square Sydney' and signed lower right.
Editioned state: 10/50
Editioned state: 10/50
Credit line
Purchase, 1997
Hyde Park Barracks Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Hyde Park Barracks Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Old Barracks, Queens Square, Sydney
Description
The Hyde Park Barracks building in Macquarie Street Sydney was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway to house male convicts and erected 1817-1819. From 1848 to 1886 it served as an Immigration Depot for single females and in 1887 the central dormitory buildings and other buildings in the compound were converted to courts and legal offices. A series of additional buildings were later erected in the courtyard.
Accession number
HPB97/6
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