Historic Places To Visit Around Sydney

NSW Schoolhouse Museum, Ryde

The NSW Schoolhouse Museum is located on the school grounds of North Ryde Public School, in North Ryde, a suburb of Sydney.

The museum has many artifacts, where visitors can participate in lessons, write using ink and on slate boards. Also, have fun with various outdoor activities of the past, such as playing quoits and maypole dancing while dressed up in clothing typical of that time.

The museum includes preserved classrooms dating from 1877 and 1910 and a 1950s demountable classroom.

A day full of fun and historical learning.

"UNFURLING THE FLAG"-EMPIRE GREETINGS AT RYDE
SUPERIOR PUBLIC SCHOOL Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Wednesday 20 November 1907

Corporal George Victor Goodwin, second youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Goodwin, of Belmore-street, Ryde, is reported to have been killed in action at the Dardanelles between August 7th and12th. He was 26 years of age, and was educated at the Ryde Superior Public School. Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950), Saturday 11 September 1915

OLD PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. This building, which stands on the corner of Parramnatta-rqad and Belmoroe Street, Ryde, is about to be demolished. It was erected in 1838 and was used as a parochial school.Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950), Friday 25 March 1927

Around the NSW Schoolhouse Museum

The Ryde Schoolhouse Museum, NSW, includes preserved classrooms dating from 1877 and 1910 and a 1950s demountable classroom

NSW Schoolhouse Museum, Ryde, NSW

Places To Go

The NSW Schoolhouse Museum

Addington House is a heritage-listed former farm, residence and orchard and now community facility located at 813 Victoria Road, Ryde in the City of Ryde local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1794 to 1841

Randwick and The Art Deco Ritz Cinema

Randwick is part of the country of Kameygal/Gameygal people.

In 1833, the first horse race was held at Randwick Racecourse. (A race track was first laid out in Randwick using convict labour and called the Sandy Course)

The first stone house at Randwick was built in 1848, called Blenheim House, which still exists.

Hooper Cottage at 17 Gilderthorpe Avenue, Randwick, was also built around 1848. It also survives and is still in good condition.

Randwick was Sydney's first municipality outside the CBD in 1859. In the same year, Coogee Bay Road was constructed between Carrington Road and Coogee Beach.

An asylum for Destitute Children was built at Randwick in 1858 to house 400 children on 60 acres. A new wing was built in 1863 for 400 more children.

The oldest house in Randwick, NSW, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Saturday 29 September 1900

GATHERING OF THE CARS IN FRONT OF THE INSTITUTION FOR A HOLIDAY EXCURSION. RANDWJCK ASYLUM, SYDNEY. FOR THE RELIEF 0F- DESTITUTE CHILDREN. Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 21 December 1907

The old council chambers at Randwick, NSW, built in 1866, Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)

Allison Road, Randwick, NSW, in the 1870s. SLNSW

In 1880, Randwick Tramway Workshop was established.

Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club was established in 1882.

Derby Day, Randwick, NSW, Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 21 September 1895

Grand Stand, Randwick, NSW, Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925), Thursday 17 September 1903

The Randwick Theatre opened in 1921 and donated the opening night takings to the Eastern Suburbs District Ambulance Service.

Everyones. Vol.2 No.68 ( 22 June 1921)

An "R" type model in course of construction at the Randwick tramway workshops. This model wasinspected by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) and officers this week. Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 18 November 1932

General Store owned by Mrs Humphrey Nichols, at 20 Wentworth Street, Randwick, NSW. It is known that the store had the first ever public telephone in the neighborhood

The Ritz Theatre on Saint Pauls Street in Randwick, built in the Art Deco style, opened in 1937.

The Ritz was designed by Aaron Bolot, the same architect who designed other Art Deco buildings in Potts Point. This theatre was nearly demolished in 1993 until interventions by the Randwick Council saved it. The building is now protected by a Permanent Heritage Order.

Around Randwick and The Randwick Ritz

The Randwick Ritz, Randwick, NSW

Randwick Ritz, Randwick, NSW

Hooper Cottage at 17 Gilderthorpe Avenue, Randwick was built around 1848.

The Spot is located in the south-eastern part of the suburb of Randwick, NSW, around the intersection of Perouse Road and St Pauls Street

Superintendent's Cottage, Prince of Wales Hospital, built (The Prince of Wales Hospital was initially part of the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children, which was established on its current High Street Randwick site in 1858)

Randwick Town Hall, NSW, opened, 3rd February 1882

Corana and Hygeia, also known as Randwick Lodge, Avoca Street, Randwick, NSW. They were built from 1893 to 1894.

Tayar, The Avenue, Randwixk, NSW, a two-storey Victorian Italianate house built in c1900

St Jude's Church, Avoca Street, Randwick, NSW ( built 1865 to design inspired by St John's Church, Randwick, Gloucestershire, England)

Venice is a heritage-listed apartment building and residence in Randwick, City of Randwick, NSW, built from 1884 to 1885 by Stephen Gee.

Former Randwick Post Office, NSW, built in 1898 is Federation Freestyle

"Aston Lodge" was built for John Watkins in 1865. Randwick, NSW. Now a private school, the Emanuel School

Ventnor Avoca Street, Randwick Built 1858 by Edward Dawson. Bought c. 1876 by George Kiss, auctioneer of Kiss' Horse Bazaar, George Street, Sydney. Mayor of Randwick 1878. Family resided there until 1963 when sold to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church.

Places To Go

The Ritz Cinema, also known as the Ritz Theatre, is a heritage-listed cinema located at 43 St Pauls Street, in the Sydney suburb of Randwick, NSW

Randwick Art Deco Walk

Randwick & District’s HistoryDiscovery Walks

The Spot Food and Film Festival

The La Perouse Museum is located at 1542 Anzac Parade, La Perouse, NSW

Collingwood House, Liverpool, Once The home of Captain Eber Bunker

Collingwood House at Liverpool, NSW, dates to 1810

Cabrogal clan of the Dharug people

Aboriginal tribes have lived near the Georges River for a long time. Around Liverpool, are the traditional lands of the Cabrogal clan of the Dharug people.

An area in the vicinity of Collingwood House was a meeting place for Dharug, Dharawal and Gandangara Aboriginal people.

ABORIGINAL RELICS. LIVERPOOL, Monday. While ploughing along the George's River,near the Quarries, Mr. C. Giles unearthed a stone axe and part of a spear and boomerang. Mr. R. Tapping, an old resident of the town, recalled that the George's River tribe had a camp there, and that the aborigines made frequent hunting trips in the country between George's River and the Nepean.Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 13 February 1934

Collingwood House

Collingwood House at Liverpool dates to 1810 and is one of a few surviving buildings that adhere to the building code set out by Governor Lachlan Macquarie on Boxing Day, 1810.

In 1817, Governor Macquarie had a road built from Sydney to Liverpool and Campbelltown called "the Great Southern Road".

Collingwood House was built by Eber Bunker, a Nantucket whaling captain, who arrived in Australia as captain of a convict ship in 1791.

Captain Eber Bunker, ca. 1810 - miniature portrait State Library of NSW

Captain Bunker was granted 500 acres of land, named it Collingwood Dale and built Collingwood homestead, which still stands on Birkdale Crescent today. This Georgian-style homestead is the oldest in Liverpool and is the fifth oldest building in NSW.

The Collingwood area developed into a village and was absorbed into greater Liverpool.

On 6-7 January 1858, the Exhibition of the Cumberland Agricultural Society, was held in the grounds of J H Atkinson, Collingwood. Much later, in 1882, the show moved to Moore Park and became known as the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1891.

Saul Samuel, a Jewish businessman and member of the Legislative Assembly, who also established a wool-scouring factory, owned Collingwood from 1869, until his death.

Collingwood Scouring Works, Liverpool, NSW, The Australasian pastoralists' review : a monthly journal and record of all matters affecting the pastoral and landed interests throughout Australasia. Vol. 8 No. 10 (15 December 1898)

Collingwood has also been the site of an alpaca farm, and golf clubhouse.

In 2009, on public land owned and managed by Liverpool City Council and zoned as Community Open Space, the Collingwood Precinct Aboriginal Place was officially declared.

Also in The Area

Rosebank

Also located in Liverpool is Rosebank Cottage, on Speed Street. The building is one of a few remaining heritage buildings on this street. as others were demolished in the 1970s to build apartment buildings.

Rosebank was completed in 1883, designed by Varney Parkes (son of Sir Henry Parkes) and later became Queens College, school for girls.

Rosebank is the only large Victorian house remaining of the former historic Liverpool Township and is owned by Liverpool City Council.

Rosebank Cottage, on Speed Street, Liverpool, NSW, was completed in 1883, designed by Varney Parkes

Glenfield Farm

Glenfield Farm homestead dates from the original land grant of 1810. The farm house was built in 1817 by Dr. Charles Throsby, who arrived in New South Wales in 1802, as a surgeon on the transport "Coromande".

Governor Macquarie made Throsby a magistrate of the territory in March 1821, with main jurisdiction over the new County of Argyle. The property on Leacocks Lane, is the oldest continuously worked farm in Australia.

Glenfield Farm homestead dates from the original land grant of 1810. The farm house was built in 1817 by Dr. Charles Throsby, who arrived in New South Wales in 1802, Liverpool, NSW

Places To Go

Collingwood House can be found on the Hume Highway, about 20 minutes walk from Liverpool Railway Station. Ample free parking is available.

Tours of Collingwood House are by appointment only.

Collingwood House Birkdale Crescent, Liverpool, NSW

Rosebank, 17 Speed Street, Liverpool, NSW

Read newspaper item, Aboriginal Fables

Parliament House, Sydney: The Oldest Public building in the City of Sydney

Parliament House, Sydney: The Oldest Public building in the City of Sydney.

In December 1792, Governor Phillip proclaimed the open space which became the Botanic Gardens, Domain, Hyde Park and Macquarie Street for government use.

The oldest part of Parliament House was built first as the north wing of Governor Macquarie's "Rum Hospital".

Macquarie Street was proclaimed in 1810 by Governor Macquarie.

The “Rum Hospital” is within the walls of NSW Parliament House, opened in 1816.

Governor Lachlan Macquarie was determined to build a town, but without funds, he allowed the building contractors to import and sell 60,000 gallons of rum to fund the project.

The NSW Legislative Council had been without a permanent seat since its formation in 1824, and this situation would remain until 1856 when the Council moved into the incomplete building.

Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate (NSW : 1910 - 1954), Saturday 30 August 1924,

The Iron Church mentioned above was one of a pair completed by Roberston and Lister of Glasgow in 1854 and shipped to Australia.

The church sat next to Parliament House for 50 years until another church was built in Phillip Street. The church was then used as a clothing factory and afterwards, the Free Public Library in 1881.

In 1868, the Nightingale Wing was completed. Henry Parkes ("the Father of Federation") had been in correspondence with Florence Nightingale, and the then Government decided to build the Nightingale Wing at the Sydney Hospital on plans approved by Miss Nightingale.

Nightingale Wing at the Sydney Infirmary on Macquarie St, Sydney in the early 1870s. Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW

In 1890 the Free Public Library moved to the Queen Victoria Markets and the church was he grounds of the Lidcombe State Hospital. later, the church was either demolished or moved elsewhere.

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 3 November 1906

The original hospital had a large central building and two smaller wings. The central building was demolished and replaced in 1894 by the Sydney Hospital, but the two smaller wings remain.

A new chamber was added to the north of the building after 1843, but when a fire broke in 1933, curious markings of letters and figures were found on the boards, which were thought to be piano packing cases used with a lot of other junk in the erection of the room. (1.)

There have been many additions and extensions to the Parliament buildings. And also, various redesign, proposals and plans to demolish and remove the building.

The colour used in the Chamber follows the British tradition of green for the Lower House, and red for the Upper House.

Balcony, Parliament House, Sydney, NSW, 1871, SLNSW

The Speaker's Chair was hand carved by a Member of the Assembly, Ninian Melville, in 1886.

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, SYDNEY.Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 5 October 1895

Group on Bowling Green, Parliament House, Sydney.Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 1 February 1902 (see here)

Mitchell Library and Macquarie St from Public Library, Sydney NSW, 1919, Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

Macquarie Street Sydney, NSW, circa 1900-1919, Sydney City Council

Opening of tiie N.S.W. Parliament on June 36. Arrival of the Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, at Parliament House. Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Wednesday 4 July 1906

N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. New South Wales srato Parliament was opened on September 9 by His Excellency the Governor, Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 19 October 1907

Soldiers ride along Macquarie Street during peace celebrations, Sydney, 19 July 1919, Fairfax archive

Macquarie Street with Sydney Hospital, Parliament House and Burdekin House in view, Sydney, ca. 1925 , NLAUST

1, AS FAR BACK AS 1909 this plan was prepared of a building which would adequately fit
the importance of a home for the State Parliament. Eighteen years have elapsed, and still
nothing has been done to replace the existing eyesore in Macquarie Street. 2. THE PILE WHICH IS CALLED PARLIAMENT.— For years this ugly block of buildings' has served New South Wales, the principal State in the Commonwealth, for a House of Parliament. Just now' there is a recurrence of the clamor for a structure more befitting the purpose of the institution.Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Monday 11 July 1927

"Terraced housing opposite Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, Sydney, 1933 (City of Sydney Archives, A-00006473)"

Wore "Slacks" to Parliament Miss Sylvia Kellaway, the first woman to wear slacks" in the State Parliament House, Sydney, arriving at the House,Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Tuesday 28 November 1933

DH 88 Comet "Grosvenor House" G-ACSS moved into Martin Place to a spot near the Sun-Telegraph Building, Elizabeth Street, for public display (adults 1s, children 3d), 1934, State Library of New South Wales

Parliament House from Macquarie Street, Sydney, 1952, SLNSW

THE I'lRST TIME IN HISTORY, the Queen yesterday opened an Australian Parliament. She is shown here in the New South Wales Legislative Council Chamber for the opening of the State Parliament . The Duke of Edinburgh is on the. ' right.Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Friday 5 February 1954

View south from near Hunter Street along Macquarie Street towards Martin Place and Hyde Park showing the Parliament House buildings, Sydney Hospital, parked vehicles and pedestrians. 1957. Sydney City Council

Around NSW Parliament House

The Parliament House in Sydney, NSW, is a heritage-listed complex of buildings

The Legislative Council has met within the parliamentary precinct since 1828 and the current Chamber has been in use since 1856. The Legislative Assembly chamber is green, which follows the British tradition for lower houses

The Legislative Council chamber is furnished in red, which follows the British tradition for the upper house. Parliament NSW. The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales

Parliament House, Sydney: The Oldest Public building in the City of Sydney

The Jubilee Library opened in 1906 and was named in commemoration of 50 years of responsible government, Parliament NSW. Designed by Government Architect Walter Liberty Vernon

Parliament House, Sydney: The Oldest Public building in the City of Sydney

Parliament House, Sydney, NSW, 2022

Places To Go

Parliament House is open weekdays to allow people to see the workings of government in the beautiful heritage chambers.

Parliament House, Sydney, Public Tours

Lucy Osburn-nightingale museum -the history of nursing and medicine in Australia from the arrival of the first fleet in 1788.

A WALKING TOUR THROUGH MACQUARIE ST