General Post Office, Sydney

The General Post Office is a heritage-listed landmark building located in Martin Place, , , . The original building was constructed in two stages beginning in 1866 and was designed under the guidance of Colonial Architect James Barnet.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 8:15 AM—5:30 PM
    Saturday: 10:00 AM—2:00 PM
  • Type: Office building
  • Description: Historic building in Sydney, Australia
  • Also known as: “General Post Office”, “GPO”, and “Sydney General Post Office”
  • Address: 1 Martin Place, 2000

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Australian Securities Exchange.

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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.

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Ltd is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the . is situated 230 metres east of General Post Office, Sydney.

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, also known as the Eye, Westfield Tower and formerly albeit still commonly as Centrepoint Tower, is an observation and that is the tallest structure in , , , as well as the second-tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere. is situated 320 metres south of General Post Office, Sydney.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City Centre and The Hungry Mile.

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The was where Governor Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag on Australian soil in January 1788, the earliest site of European settlement in Australia.

Neighborhood
is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of East, in , , in the Great Depression.

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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.

General Post Office, Sydney

Latitude
-33.86781° or 33° 52′ 4″ south
Longitude
151.20768° or 151° 12′ 28″ east
Levels
5
Open location code
4RRH46J5+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 282238525
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Wiki­data ID
Q5532119
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“General Post Office, Sydney” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “悉尼邮政总局”
  • French: “Bureau de poste général de Sydney”
  • French: “General Post Office”
  • Indonesian: “General post office (sydney)”
  • Indonesian: “General Post Office (Sydney)”
  • Indonesian: “General Post Office”
  • Italian: “Palazzo delle Poste Generali”
  • Malay: “General Post Office, Sydney”
  • Turkish: “General Post Office, Sydney”
  • Turkish: “Sidney Merkez Postanesi”
  • Urdu: “جنرل پوسٹ آفس، سڈنی”

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