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Sydney Town Hall

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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. [1]

42 relations: Angus & Robertson, Architecture of Sydney, Australia, Bank of New South Wales, Building insulation, Building restoration, City of Sydney, Clock tower, Coat of arms, Facade, Federation of Australia, George McRae, George Street, Sydney, Gough Whitlam, Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Hong Kong House, Ingress Bell, List of mayors, lord mayors and administrators of Sydney, List of town halls in Sydney, Mansard roof, New South Wales, New South Wales State Heritage Register, Organ stop, Paris, Portico, Queen Victoria Building, Register of the National Estate, Seat of local government, Second Empire architecture, Solar panel, St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, Sydney, Sydney central business district, Sydney Opera House, Sydney sandstone, Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ, Town Hall railway station, Sydney, Tubular-pneumatic action, Victorian architecture, William Hill & Sons, Window, York Street, Sydney.

Angus & Robertson

Angus & Robertson (A&R) was a major Australian bookseller, book publisher and book printer.

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Architecture of Sydney

The Architecture of Sydney is not characterised by any one architectural style, but by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture over the city's 200-year history, from its modest beginnings with local materials and lack of international funding to its present-day modernity with an expansive skyline of high rises and skyscrapers.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Bank of New South Wales

The Bank of New South Wales (BNSW), also known commonly as The Wales, was the first bank in Australia, being established in Sydney in 1817 and situated on Broadway.

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Building insulation

Building insulation is any object in a building used as insulation for any purpose.

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Building restoration

Building restoration describes a particular treatment approach and philosophy within the field of architectural conservation.

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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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Clock tower

Clock towers are a specific type of building which houses a turret clock and has one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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Facade

A facade (also façade) is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front.

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Federation of Australia

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.

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George McRae

George McRae (10 September 1858 – 16 June 1923) was a Scottish architect who migrated to Australia and pursued his career in Sydney, where he became Government Architect of New South Wales and designed some of Sydney's best-known buildings, including completion of the Sydney Town Hall, the Queen Victoria Building, and the lower entrance to Taronga Zoo.

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George Street, Sydney

George Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.

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Gough Whitlam

Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975.

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Hôtel de Ville, Paris

The Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) in Paris, France, is the building housing the city's local administration.

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Hong Kong House

Hong Kong House, also known since 1995 as the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Sydney, is a landmark heritage building and former hotel in the Sydney central business district.

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Ingress Bell

Edward Ingress Bell (1837–1914) was an English architect of the late 19th and early 20th century, who worked for many years in partnership with the more well-known Sir Aston Webb.

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List of mayors, lord mayors and administrators of Sydney

The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Sydney is the head of the Council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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List of town halls in Sydney

This is a list of Town Halls in Sydney, Australia, with local municipality listed after it.

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Mansard roof

A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper.

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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 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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Organ stop

An organ stop (or just stop) is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as wind) to a set of organ pipes.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls.

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Queen Victoria Building

The Queen Victoria Building (or QVB), is a late nineteenth-century building designed by the architect George McRae in the Sydney central business district, Australia.

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Register of the National Estate

The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007.

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Seat of local government

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, (in the UK or Australia) a guildhall, a Rathaus (German), or (more rarely) a municipal building, is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality.

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Second Empire architecture

Second Empire is an architectural style, most popular in the latter half of the 19th century and early years of the 20th century.

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Solar panel

Photovoltaic solar panels absorb sunlight as a source of energy to generate electricity.

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St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney

St Andrew's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia.

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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 Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in 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 Grand Organ

The Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ is a large pipe organ built by English firm William Hill & Son in 1890.

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Town Hall railway station, Sydney

Town Hall railway station is a heritage-listed underground commuter rail station located in the centre of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia.

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Tubular-pneumatic action

"Tubular-pneumatic action" refers to an apparatus used in many pipe organs built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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William Hill & Sons

William Hill & Son was one of the main organ builders in England during the 19th century.

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Window

A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof or vehicle that allows the passage of light, sound, and air.

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York Street, Sydney

York Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Town_Hall

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