Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CITY CENTRE
Australia's first thorough-
course, attracting illegal betting
and gambling taverns to Eliza-
beth Street. The park later
hosted other amusements:
wrestling matches, circuses,
public hangings and, from
1804 onwards, cricket matches
between the army and the
town. Today it provides a
peaceful oasis, while the city's com-
mercial centre is an area of glamorous
boutiques, department stores, arcades
and malls. Various exercise needs are
also catered for: the Cook & Phillip
Park Centre in College Street is a great
pool and gym complex.
fare, George Street, was
originally lined with
clusters of mud and wattle
huts. The gold rushes brought
bustling prosperity, and by the
1880s shops and the archi-
tecturally majestic edifices of
banks dominated the area.
The city's first skyscraper - Culwulla
Chambers in Castlereagh Street - was
completed in 1913, but the city coun-
cil then imposed a 46-m (150-ft) height
restriction which remained in place
until 1956. Hyde Park, on the edge of
the city centre, was first used as a race-
Mosaic floor detail,
St Mary's Cathedral
SIGHTS AT A GLANCE
Historic Streets and
Buildings
Marble Bar
1
Queen Victoria Building
2
Strand Arcade
5
Martin Place
6
Lands Department Building
7
Sydney Town Hall
w
Cathedrals and Synagogues
St Mary's Cathedral
9
Great Synagogue
q
St Andrew's Cathedral
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GETTING THERE
Town Hall, Wynyard, Martin
Place, St James and Museum
railway stations serve the area.
There are frequent buses, par-
ticularly along Elizabeth and
George Streets. Monorail stops
are at City Centre,
Galeries Victoria
and World Square.
Parks and Gardens
Hyde Park
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Theatres
State Theatre
3
Museums and Galleries
Museum of Sydney
8
Australian Museum
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Mythological figures in the Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park
