Subject: The site contains areas of potential archaeological significance which are likely to provide a significant insight into the establishment of the place and its subsequent developmental history.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Historic Houses Trust
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: The primary significance of Hyde Park Barracks is its unique evidence of the convict period of Australian history, particularly in its demonstration of the accomodation and living conditions of male convicts in NSW 1819-1848.
Photographer: B Edgar
Copyright owner: B Edgar
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Hyde Park Barracks was built on the instruction of Governor Macquarie between 1817 and 1819. He saw the desirablilty of some secure night lodging for government assigned male convicts for surveillance and as a means to control their labour.
Photographer: R Joyce
Copyright owner: Historic Houses Trust
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: It contains a museum which is a centre of tourist and cultural activity in Sydney.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Historic Houses Trust
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: It is a three storey sandstock brick, gabled former convict barracks of Georgian style. It has sandstone foundations, sills and string courses while the pedimented gable is decorated by a shaped stone panel containing an early colonial clock.
Photographer: A Frollows
Copyright owner: Historic Houses Trust
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: PCO Plan Number 190
Photographer: Heritage Council of NSW
Copyright owner: Heritage Council of NSW
Date: 09/07/1981
