#OnThisDay 4 June 1819 Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney was officially opened by Governor Macquarie. The Barracks was designed by Francis Greenway as a self-contained walled compound with a three storey dormitory for male government-assigned convicts. Construction started in 1817 on the Macquarie Street site. The Barracks was granted one of the first permanent conservation orders in New South Wales.
Source: Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825: Sydney Hyde Park Barracks. NRS 897, Reels 6041-6064, 6071-6072).
Today the Hyde Park Barracks is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed site under the care of Sydney Living Museums.
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"Rules and regulations for the management of new convict barracks, Hyde Park" Reel 6048 [4/1742], pp.263-292
![Rules and regulations for the management of new convict barracks, Hyde Park Reel 6048 [4/1742], pp.263-292](../sites/default/files/Collection/Col%20Sec/Reel%206048%20%5b4-1742%5d%20pp.263_0.jpg "Rules and regulations for the management of new convict barracks, Hyde Park Reel 6048 [4/1742], pp.263-292")
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