Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Challis Avenue
is a
fine and shady comple-
ment to nearby Victoria
Street. This Romanesque
group of terrace houses
has an unusual façade,
with arches fronting
deep verandas and a
grand ground floor
colonnade.
BOTANIC
GARDENS AND
THE DOMAIN
KINGS CROSS AND
DARLINGHURST
PADDINGTON
LOCATOR MAP
See Street Finder,
map 2
Rockwall
, a symmetrical
and compact Regency villa,
was built to the designs of
the architect John Verge
(see p120)
in 1830-7.
Del Rio
is a finely
detailed high-rise
apartment block. It
clearly exhibits the
Spanish Mission
influence that fil-
tered through from
California in the
first quarter of the
20th century.
Landmark
Hotel
.
Elizabeth Bay House
A contemporary exclaimed
over the beauty of the 1830s
garden: “trees from Rio, the
West Indies, the East Indies,
China … the bulbs from the
Cape are splendid”
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The Arthur
McElhone
Reserve
Art Deco Birtley
Towers
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Elizabeth Bay
was part of the original land grant to
Alexander Macleay
(see p120)
. He created a botanist's
paradise with ornamental ponds, quaint grottoes and
promenades winding all the way down to the harbour.
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