Parliament House of New South Wales, Sydney

New South Wales Parliament House, Sydney

Parliament House of New South Wales (GPS: -33.86743, 151.21271) is located in Sydney, Australia. It is a complex of buildings that houses the Parliament of New South Wales. It is located on the east side of Macquarie Street. It consists of a two-storey Georgian building - the oldest public building in Sydney - flanked by two Victorian additions containing the parliamentary chambers. These buildings are linked to a 12 storey block at the rear built in the 1970s facing the Domain.

The oldest part of Parliament House was first built as the north wing of the Rum Hospital, which is today known as Sydney Hospital. Macquarie Street was built by Lieutenant Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1810. As the British government refused to fund his projects, Governor Macquarie drew a contract to build the hospital using convict labour and funds from rum imports.

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