Watercolour

Maker & role
Sydney Ure Smith (b.1887, d.1949), Artist
 Production date
1939
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Object detail

Title
Hyde Park Barracks from the apse of St James Church
Production place
Australia
Collection
Hyde Park Barracks
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 26 x W: 26cm (H: 260 x W: 260mm)
Subject Place
Hyde Park Barracks/Sydney/NSW/Australia
Signature & marks
signed and dated lower left on image in pencil: 'S. Ure Smith / 1939'
Credit line
Purchase, 1999
Hyde Park Barracks Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
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. The Industrial Arbitration Court occupied part of the site from 1912-1927.
Accession number
HPB99/2

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