when: 27 March 2022 | venue: Hyde Park Barracks | cost: Adult: $30.00 | address: Queens Square, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 | tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-many-treasures-of-macquarie-street-with-heritage-architect-roy-lumby-tickets-293636904887
published: 26 Mar 2022, 5 min read
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Macquarie Street was intended as a ceremonial thoroughfare by Governor Macquarie and was the site of Sydney's first permanent public buildings.
A fashionable address during the nineteenth century, it also became the focus of Sydney's medical profession.
The history of Macquarie Street is reflected in the buildings that line it - among them major public institutions, and significant examples of twentieth century architecture.
It is also the site of some of Sydney's most distinctive civic adornments.
An opportunity to explore the riches of a most important street, guided by a heritage architect and historian.
About Roy Lumby
Dr. Roy Lumby PhD, is a respected authority on the 1920s and 1930s. He completed his Master of Architecture degree by thesis entitled: An Architecture of Business: Sydney's Office Buildings of the 1920s and 1930s.
Roy is President of The Twentieth Century Heritage Society of NSW & ACT.
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Macquarie Street was intended as a ceremonial thoroughfare by Governor Macquarie and was the site of Sydney's first permanent public buildings.
A fashionable address during the nineteenth century, it also became the focus of Sydney's medical profession.
The history of Macquarie Street is reflected in the buildings that line it - among them major public institutions, and significant examples of twentieth century architecture.
It is also the site of some of Sydney's most distinctive civic adornments.
An opportunity to explore the riches of a most important street, guided by a heritage architect and historian.
About Roy Lumby
Dr. Roy Lumby PhD, is a respected authority on the 1920s and 1930s. He completed his Master of Architecture degree by thesis entitled: An Architecture of Business: Sydney's Office Buildings of the 1920s and 1930s.
Roy is President of The Twentieth Century Heritage Society of NSW & ACT.
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