Macquarie Place
The Macquarie Place Park, also known as the Macquarie Place Precinct, is a heritage-listed small triangular urban park located in the Sydney central business district in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Description: urban park in Sydney, Australia
- Also known as: “Macquarie Place Park” and “Macquarie Place Precinct”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Darling Harbour and Museum of Sydney.
Darling Harbour
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Darling Harbour is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central Sydney. It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.
Museum of Sydney
Museum
Photo: Elekhh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Sydney is a historical collection and exhibit, built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, Arthur Phillip, on the present-day corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, Sydney.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sydney and The Rocks.
Sydney
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sydney is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in Australia with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.
The Rocks
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Rocks is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night. It is the historical precinct of central Sydney immediately to the north of the City centre on the western side of Sydney Cove, and where the First Fleet set up their first convict settlement.
City Centre
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Sydney City Centre was where Governor Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag on Australian soil in January 1788, the earliest site of European settlement in Australia.
Macquarie Place
- Category: urban park
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.86313° or 33° 51′ 47″ southLongitude
151.20982° or 151° 12′ 35″ eastElevation
48 metres (157 feet)Open location code
4RRH46P5+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1356657965OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrian
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Turkish to Urdu—“Macquarie Place” goes by many names.
- Turkish: “Macquarie Place”
- Urdu: “میکوری پلیس پارک”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Kyle House and Macquarie Obelisk.
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