Sydney Observatory
The Sydney Observatory is a heritage-listed meteorological station, astronomical observatory, function venue, science museum, and education facility located on Observatory Hill at Upper Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: astronomical observatory in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darling Harbour and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
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 Contemporary Art Australia
Art gallery
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on George Street in The Rocks neighbourhood of Sydney. Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is situated 420 metres east of Sydney Observatory.
St Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church
Church
St Brigid's Roman Catholic Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church building located at 14, 16 Kent Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia. St Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church is situated 120 metres northwest of Sydney Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millers Point and The Hungry Mile.
Millers Point
Suburb
Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
The Hungry Mile
Neighborhood
The Hungry Mile is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in the Great Depression.
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.
Sydney Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, building, tourism, observatory, and tourist attraction
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.85956° or 33° 51′ 34″ southLongitude
151.20457° or 151° 12′ 16″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Levels
2Open location code
4RRH46R3+5ROpenStreetMap ID
way 55218511OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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Satellite Map
Discover Sydney Observatory from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Sydney Observatory” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “悉尼天文台”
- Chinese: “悉尼天文臺”
- Chinese: “雪梨天文台”
- Chinese: “雪梨天文臺”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد سيدنى”
- French: “observatoire de Sydney”
- French: “Observatoire de Sydney”
- German: “Sydney Observatory”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium Sydney”
- Indonesian: “Sydney observatory”
- Indonesian: “Sydney Observatory”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Sydney”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Sydney”
- Japanese: “シドニー天文台”
- Korean: “시드니 천문대”
- Malay: “Balai Cerap Sydney”
- Polish: “obserwatorium w Sydney”
- Polish: “Obserwatorium w Sydney”
- Polish: “Sydney Observatory”
- Spanish: “Observatorio astronomico de Sidney”
- Spanish: “Observatorio astronómico de Sídney”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Parramata”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Sídney”
- Turkish: “Sidney Rasathanesi”
- Turkish: “Sydney Observatory”
- Urdu: “سڈنی آبزرویٹری”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Sydney”
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