| Hyde Park Barracks Museum | $5.00 - $10.00 |   |
Every day between Monday 27 August 2007 and Thursday 31 December 2009
The Hyde Park Barracks, built between 1817 and 1819, is a popular landmark in the historic precinct of Macquarie Street and Queens Square in Sydney.
Constructed by convict labour, the Barracks is one of the finest works of the accomplished colonial architect Francis Greenway. As the principal male convict barracks in New South Wales it provided lodgings for convicts working in government employment around Sydney until its closure in 1848.
It has had many occupants since then. It was an Immigration Depot for single female immigrants seeking work as domestic servants and awaiting family reunion from 1848 to 1886 and also a female asylum from 1862 to 1886. From 1887 to 1979 law courts and government offices were based at the Barracks.
Discover the daily lives of convicts and other occupants through exhibitions on Sydney’s male convict labour force, Australia’s convict system, an innovative soundscape, excavated artefacts, exposed layers of building fabric and the complex’s rooms and spaces.
Guided tours are available on request. For groups, please contact the property to book a tour. A large number of school groups visit the Barracks each weekday. If you want to avoid these groups, it is best to visit after 3.00pm.
Don’t forget to visit the Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine, the Gatehouse, Superintendents Quarters and Court 24. These are located around the perimeter of the Barracks courtyard and open on weekdays.
all ages
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