Colonial Secretary's Office - Macquarie Street - Sydney - New South Wales
At a glance
- Address: 121 Macquarie Street, 65 Bridge Street and 44–50 Phillip Street, Sydney
- Built: 1873–1881 to designs by Colonial Architect James Barnet; fifth-floor mansard and dome added 1894–96 by Walter Liberty Vernon
- Style: Victorian Free Classical with Second Empire mansard; sandstone
- Sculpture: exterior sandstone figures by Achille Simonetti; interior Carrara marble statues (Queen Victoria, Edward VII as Prince of Wales) by Giovanni Fontana
- Use: seat of the colonial administration; now known as the Chief Secretary’s Building, used by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission and courts
- Heritage: NSW State Heritage Register no. 00766
Transcription:
WISDOM
[Note: the sandstone figures on the Macquarie Street corner personify Mercy, Justice and Wisdom.]
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CHIEF
SECRETARY’S
BUILDING
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COLONIAL SECRETARY
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PHILLIP L[ANE]
Transcription:
[…]CRETARY FOR WO[…]
[Note: part of the lettering “Secretary for Works”, the name over the Phillip Street entrance.]
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CHIEF
SECRETARY’S
BUILDING
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PUBLIC ENTRANCE
