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The Sydney General Post Office: a metaphor for Australian Federation
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Orr, K, The Sydney General Post Office: a metaphor for Australian Federation, Nation City Place: Rethinking Nationalism Abstracts, July 2006, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-8. (2006) [Conference Extract]
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Abstract
The Sydney General Post Office was commissioned in 1862 to accommodate the postal and telegraphic services that linked the British colony of New South Wales to the rest of the world. Completed over three decades to the design of Colonial Architect James Barnet, it was conceived as the colony’s "centre and focus, the heart … from which the pulse of civilisation throbs to the remotest extremity of the land."
Item Details
| Item Type: | Conference Extract |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Sydney General Post Office, Australian Federation |
| Research Division: | Built Environment and Design |
| Research Group: | Architecture |
| Research Field: | Architectural history, theory and criticism |
| Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
| Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
| Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
| UTAS Author: | Orr, K (Professor Kirsten Orr) |
| ID Code: | 107717 |
| Year Published: | 2006 |
| Deposited By: | Architecture |
| Deposited On: | 2016-03-22 |
| Last Modified: | 2016-03-22 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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