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Booker T Washington Service Club
Durham Hall is a heritage-listed former residence, Servicemens' Club, Concordia Club and Red Cross U.S.A and now commercial offices located at 207 Albion Street, Surry Hills, Albion Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, New South Wales, Surry Hills in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1834 to 1835. It has also been known as the Concordia Club and the Booker T. Washington Club. The property is currently owned and occupied by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The Colonial Georgian brick residence was constructed for George Hill (Australian politician), George Hill, a wealthy merchant. The house has had many owners and has had varied uses including a club. Over the years it was subjected to very unsympathetic alterations and additions. By the 1950s the building was almost unrecognisable. However, in 1983 major renovatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albion Street, Surry Hills
Albion Street is a street in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It runs east-west from Elizabeth Street to Flinders Street, and is approximately one kilometre long. The street is notable for its historical background and heritage-listed buildings and sites. It includes both commercial and residential buildings, a number of which have heritage listings at state or federal levels. The street encompasses a wide variety of styles, including Victorian and Federation styles, as well as significant examples of ecclesiastical architecture. Points of interest * Terraced homes: Albion Street has a series of terraced houses that feature wrought-iron balconies in the Victorian manner, as seen also in suburbs like Glebe and Paddington. Some are two-storeyed and some three-storeyed. * Carlingford Terrace: this terrace consists of eight homes built 1868–1869. They have three storeys and there is a carriageway that gives access to the hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Lucas
Clive Leslie Lucas (born 14 November 1943) is an Australian restoration architect. In 1970 Lucas and John Fisher founded the Sydney based heritage planning and architectural firm specialising in conservation, adaptation, and restoration of historic buildings and conservation planning known as Fisher Lucas. The firm is now known as Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners Pty Ltd. Since 1975, the firm has received over 50 Australian Institute of Architects awards, including 24 Merit Awards, 8 Architecture Awards and 2 Commendation Awards. The firm is the recipient of 7 Greenway Awards for restoration and 9 Lachlan Macquarie Awards for the best conservation project nationally. In addition, the firm has won numerous awards from the National Trust of Australia (NSW) and local councils. The firm has been involved with some of the most significant sites in Sydney and NSW including the adaptation of the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf, the Sydney GPO, NSW Parliament House, Hyde Park Barracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Along with the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly, it sits at Parliament House, Sydney, Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. It is normal for legislation to be first deliberated on and passed by the Legislative Assembly before being considered by the Legislative Council, which acts in the main as a house of review. The Legislative Council has 42 members, elected by proportional representation in which the whole state is a single electorate. Members serve eight-year terms, which are staggered elections, staggered, with half the Council being elected every four years, roughly coinciding with elections to the Legislative Assembly. History The parliament of New South Wales is Australia's oldest legislature. It had its beginnings when Colony of New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
