5024 x 3349 px | 42,5 x 28,4 cm | 16,7 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
15. Juni 2007
Ort:
Near Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania. .
Weitere Informationen:
Government House is located in Sydney just south of the Sydney Opera House, and overlooks Sydney Harbour. It was the official residence and remains the official reception space of the Governor of New South Wales, Australia. The abode of the first Governor of New South Wales, Captain Arthur Phillip, was a structure made of canvas and timber brought from England by the First Fleet. Built after the Fleet's arrival in 1788, a substantial "temporary" government house was located on the corner of what is now Bridge and Phillip streets in Sydney completed by 1789 using English bricks, native stone and a quantity of convict baked sandstock bricks from Sydney. It was extended and repaired by the following eight Governors, but it was always in poor condition so was demolished in 1846. It was built under and according to the direction of James Bloodsworth, a convict builder responsible for the construction of most of the colony's buildings between 1788 and 1800. The house suffered as a result of the poor mortar and white ant infestations and what appeared to be rising damp in later years. Despite these problems, the house was an architectural milestone for Australia, and the first proportionately classical building in the continent. It even included Australia's first staircase. The building adapted quickly to the Australian climate. A verandah was added by Governor King circa 1800 and a drawing room was added in a side wing in the same year. By 1816 Francis Greenway was commissioned to construct a substantial extension and ballroom by Governor Macquarie, transforming Phillip's house into an italianate cottage. The stables commissioned for the house by Macquarie in 1816 still stand in the Botanic Gardens and form a facade for the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. This building is best described as a small castle and retains many of its original features and nostalgic battlements and towers. This photograph is part of the Imagine Images Collection, hosted by Alamy.
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