Hyde Park Barracks
7 expert reviews
“Australia’s bleak history as a penal colony comes to vivid life inside this historic site, where convict men and boys were housed once they arrived in the city.”
– Travel + Leisure
Fodor's
"Macquarie was determined to establish law and order, and in 1819 he commissioned convict-architect Francis Greenway to design this restrained, classically Georgian-style building."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Convict architect Francis Greenway designed this squarish, decorously Georgian structure (1819) as convict quarters."
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Afar Magazine
"The barracks now operate as a museum as part of the city's Historic Houses Trust."
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Fodor's
"On a sunny day the courtyard tables of the Hyde Park Barracks Café provide one of the city's finest places to enjoy an outdoor lunch or morning or afternoon tea."
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Time Out
"On the top level are re-created convict quarters: rough hammocks hang side by side in the dormitories, while recorded snippets of conversation surround you.
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