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Customs House, Sydney

Index Customs House, Sydney

The Customs House is an historic Sydney landmark located in the city's Circular Quay area. [1]

35 relations: Administration (government), Admiralty House, Sydney, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Circular Quay, City of Sydney, City of Sydney Library, Commonwealth Heritage List, Creative Commons license, Dieu et mon droit, Eora, First Fleet, George Gipps, Georgian architecture, Government of Australia, Honi soit qui mal y pense, James Barnet, John George Nathaniel Gibbes, Kirribilli, New South Wales, List of English monarchs, Mortimer Lewis, Motto, New South Wales, New South Wales Government Architect, New South Wales State Heritage Register, Order of the Garter, Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, Sydney, Sydney central business district, Sydney Cove, Sydney sandstone, Sydney Town Hall, The Rocks, Sydney, Walter Liberty Vernon, World War I, 2000 Summer Olympics.

Administration (government)

The term administration, as used in the context of government, differs according to jurisdiction.

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Admiralty House, Sydney

Admiralty House is the Sydney official residence of the Governor-General of Australia.

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Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was the Australian federal government agency responsible for managing the security and integrity of the Australian border.

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Circular Quay

Circular Quay is a harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Sydney central business district on Sydney Cove, between Bennelong Point and The Rocks.

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City of Sydney

The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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City of Sydney Library

The City of Sydney Library is a network of eight branch libraries and two 'library links', located within the City of Sydney Council administrational area.

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Commonwealth Heritage List

The Commonwealth Heritage List is a heritage register which lists places under the control of the Australian government, usually on land or in waters directly owned by the Crown (i.e., the Crown in right of the Commonwealth of Australia).

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Creative Commons license

A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work.

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Dieu et mon droit

Dieu et mon droit, meaning God and my right, is the motto of the Monarch of the United Kingdom outside Scotland.

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Eora

The Eora are an indigenous Australian people of New South Wales.

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First Fleet

The First Fleet was the 11 ships that departed from Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787 to found the penal colony that became the first European settlement in Australia.

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George Gipps

Major Sir George Gipps (1791 – 28 February 1847) was Governor of the colony of New South Wales, Australia, for eight years, between 1838 and 1846.

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Government of Australia

The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia (also referred to as the Australian Government, the Commonwealth Government, or the Federal Government) is the government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Honi soit qui mal y pense

Honi soit qui mal y pense (UK: or US) is a French maxim used as the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter.

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James Barnet

James Johnstone Barnet, (1827 in Almericlose, Arbroath, Scotland – 16 December 1904 in Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales) was the Colonial Architect for Colonial New South Wales, serving from 1862 to 1890.

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John George Nathaniel Gibbes

Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes (30 March 17875 July 1873) was a British army officer who emigrated to Australia in 1834, becoming a Crown-appointed member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Collector of Customs for the Colony of New South Wales for a record term of 25 years.

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Kirribilli, New South Wales

Kirribilli is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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List of English monarchs

This list of kings and queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, one of the petty kingdoms to rule a portion of modern England.

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Mortimer Lewis

Mortimer William Lewis (1796 – 9 March 1879) was an English-born architect, surveyor and public servant who migrated to Australia and became Colonial Architect in the state of New South Wales from 1835 to 1849.

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Motto

A motto (derived from the Latin muttum, 'mutter', by way of Italian motto, 'word', 'sentence') is a maxim; a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group or organization.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New South Wales Government Architect

The New South Wales Government Architect, an appointed officer of the Government of New South Wales, serves as the General Manager of the Government Architect's Office (GAO), a multi-disciplinary consultancy operating on commercial principles providing architecture, design, and engineering services, that is an agency of the government within NSW Public Works.

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New South Wales State Heritage Register

The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is an heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the and its 2010 amendments.

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Order of the Garter

The Order of the Garter (formally the Most Noble Order of the Garter) is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III in 1348 and regarded as the most prestigious British order of chivalry (though in precedence inferior to the military Victoria Cross and George Cross) in England and the United Kingdom.

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Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

The royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, or the Royal Arms for short, is the official coat of arms of the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district (also Sydney CBD, and often referred to simply as "the Town" or "the City") is the main commercial centre of Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Sydney Cove

Sydney Cove is a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, one of several harbours in Port Jackson, on the coast of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Sydney sandstone

Sydney sandstone is the common name for Sydney Basin Hawkesbury Sandstone, one variety of which is historically known as Yellowblock, and also as "yellow gold" a sedimentary rock named after the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, where this sandstone is particularly common.

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Sydney Town Hall

The Sydney Town Hall is a late 19th-century building in the city of Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, housing the chambers of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, council offices, and venues for meetings and functions.

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The Rocks, Sydney

The Rocks is an urban locality, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney's city centre, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Walter Liberty Vernon

Colonel Walter Liberty Vernon (11 August 184617 January 1914) was an English architect who migrated to Australia and pursued his career as an architect in Sydney, New South Wales.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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2000 Summer Olympics

The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customs_House,_Sydney

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