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MacKennal, also responsible for
the Martin Place Cenotaph (see
p86) and the Shakespeare group
outside the State Library (see
p114). The crypt houses a histori­
cal exhibition of the early Sydney
church. The terrazzo mosaic floor
here took 15 years to complete.

q Great Synagogue
187 Elizabeth St, entrance on 166
Castlereagh St. Map 1 B5. Tel 9267
2477. @ Elizabeth St routes.
 St James. Open for services and
tours. Closed public & Jewish hols.
Gothic Revival-style façade of St Mary’s Cathedral 7 with advance notice. & 8
∑ greatsynagogue.org.au
9 St Mary’s the foundation stone for
Cathedral St Mary’s Chapel on the site of The longest­established Jewish
today’s cathedral, the first land Orthodox congre gation in
St. Mary’s Rd. Map 1 C5. Tel 9220 0400. gran ted to the Catholic Australia assembles
@ Elizabeth St routes.  St James, Church in Australia. in this synagogue,
Martin Place. Cathedral: Open 6:30am– The initial section of consecrated in 1878.
6pm Mon–Fri (to 7pm Sat & Sun). Crypt: the Gothic Revival­style Although Jews had
Open 10am–4pm Mon–Fri. & 7 with
advance notice. 8 by prior arrange­ cathedral was opened in arrived with the First
ment. ∑ stmaryscathedral.org.au 1882. In 1928, the building Fleet, worship did not begin
was completed, but without until the 1820s. With its carved
Although Catholics arrived with the twin southern spires entrance columns and stained­
the First Fleet, the celebration proposed by the architect, glass windows, the syna­
of Mass was at first prohibited William Wardell. By the gogue is perhaps the
in case the priests provoked civil entrance steps are statues Candelabra from finest work of Thomas
strife among the colony’s large of Australia’s first cardinal, the Great Rowe, the architect of
Irish Catholic population. The Moran, and Archbishop Synagogue Sydney Hospital (see
first priests were appointed in Kelly who laid the stone p115). The panelled
1820 and services allowed. In for the final stage in 1913. ceiling is decorated with
1821, Governor Macquarie laid They were sculpted by Bertram hundreds of tiny gold­leaf stars.

0 Hyde Park Though much smaller today, it
still provides a peace ful haven.
Map 1 B5. @ Elizabeth St routes.
 St James, Museum.
Anzac Memorial
Fenced and named after its The 30­m­ (98­ft­) high Art Deco
London equivalent by Governor memorial, reflected in the poplar­
Macquarie in 1810, Hyde Park lined Pool of Remem brance,
marked the out skirts of the town­ commemorates those Australians
ship. It was a popular exercise who were killed at war in the Diana, goddess of purity and the chase,
field for garrison troops and service of their country. Opened Archibald Fountain
was later used as a racecourse. in 1934, it now includes a photo­
graphic and military artifact exhi­ Archibald Fountain
bi tion down stairs. Nearby, the This bronze and granite foun tain
Yininmadyemi artwork, depicting commemorates the French and
standing bullets and fallen shells, Australian World War I alliance.
honours the Aborigines who It was completed by François
have served in Australia’s military. Sicard in 1932 and donated by
J F Archibald, one of the founders
Sandringham Gardens of the Bulletin, a popular literary
In spring, the pergola here is magazine which encouraged
a cascade of mauve­flowering the work of Henry Lawson and
wisteria. The gardens, a memorial “Banjo” Paterson, among many
to the English kings George V others. It was Archibald’s bequest
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the and George VI, were opened by that established the Archibald
Art Deco Anzac Memorial Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. Prize for portraiture (see p53).

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