The Great Hall of the University of Sydney
c. 1895Church/chapel adjoining two-storey building with tower above entry. Buildings face a sweeping drive. A girl is seated on steps, and a boy is lying on grass in foreground.
The Great Hall of the University of Sydney, is one of the principal structures of The University of Sydney, New South Wales with a public interior used for formal ceremonies, conferences, recitals and dinners.
The Hall, located in the Main Quadrangle is an excellent example of Victorian Academic Gothic revival architecture.
Completed in July 1859, the Great Hall soon became a tourist attraction.
Details
Details
Australian social history from the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.
Raymond John Sharkey an architect, surveyor and amateur photographer was born in 1868 in New South Wales. Raymond was a Claremont resident when he died at an early age.
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Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.173a'.
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- Max The Dog, Freshwater Bay
- Flour Mill, Mill Point, South Perth
- Lands Department Building
- Keough's Boarding House
- Blackwall Reach, Swan River
- Victorian Gentleman
- Yachts On The Swan River
- The Acrobat
- Bathurst Gaol
- St Paul's College University of Sydney
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- ''Appy 'Ome' Building With Horses
- HMS Katoomba Demonstration, Swan River Foreshore
- Yachts On The Swan River
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Source: Claremont Museum 09.173a
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