Government House

Government House is the heritage-listed vice-regal residence of the governor of New South Wales. It is located on Conservatorium Road in the , adjacent to the , and is situated south of the , overlooking .
governor.nsw.gov.au
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  • Opening hours: Friday—Sunday 10:30 AM—3:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: official residence of the Governor of New South Wales
  • Also known as: “Government House, Sydney”
  • Address: Macquarie Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

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is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central . It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

Art gallery
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The , formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on in neighbourhood of . is situated 550 metres west of Government House.

University
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The Sydney — formerly the New South Wales State , and known by the moniker "The Con" — is the music school of the University of Sydney. is situated 420 metres south of Government House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sydney and The Rocks.

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is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.

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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.

Suburb
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is an inner-city suburb of , in the state of , . It is on the north-western edge of the , adjacent to and is part of the local government area of the .

Government House

Latitude
-33.85992° or 33° 51′ 36″ south
Longitude
151.215° or 151° 12′ 54″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Levels
2
Height
3 metres (9.8 feet)
Open location code
4RRH46R8+22
Open­Street­Map ID
way 156581638
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8650369
Wiki­data ID
Q2680709
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Urdu—“Government House” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Casa d’o Gubierno”
  • Catalan: “Casa Governamental”
  • Chinese: “总督府”
  • Chinese: “總督府”
  • Danish: “Government House”
  • Dutch: “Government House (Sydney)”
  • Dutch: “Government House”
  • Esperanto: “Registara Domo”
  • French: “Government House (Sydney)”
  • French: “Government House”
  • German: “synnay”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Gwamnati, Sydney”
  • Hebrew: “בית הממשלה, סידני”
  • Hebrew: “בית הממשלה”
  • Indonesian: “Government House, Sydney”
  • Italian: “Palazzo del Governo (Sydney)”
  • Italian: “Palazzo del Governo”
  • Japanese: “シドニー総督官邸”
  • Malay: “Rumah Kerajaan, Sydney”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Government House”
  • Slovenian: “guvernerejeva hiša”
  • Swedish: “Government House, Sydney”
  • Swedish: “Government House”
  • Turkish: “Government Evi”
  • Turkish: “Government House”
  • Urdu: “گورنمنٹ ہاؤس، سڈنی”

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