HERITAGE SITE

Hyde Park

Barracks

SYDNEY, NSW

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Heritage Site

Hyde Park Barracks

Sydney, NSW
The Story

Hyde Park Barracks is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed convict site on Macquarie Street in central Sydney, designed by convict architect Francis Greenway and built between 1817 and 1819. Now an immersive museum managed by Museums of History NSW, it tells the stories of the 15,000 male convicts and 40,000 immigrant women who passed through its walls, using over 4,000 original artefacts and a location-aware audio soundscape.

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Queens Square, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000