Macquarie Obelisk

Places of Interest Nearby

Darling Harbour

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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.

Macquarie Place Park

Park

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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.

Museum of Sydney

Museum

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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. Museum of Sydney is situated 130 metres southeast of Macquarie Obelisk.

Places in the Area

Sydney

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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.

Eastern suburbs

City Centre

Sydney Harbour National Park

Inner West

The Rocks

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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

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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.

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