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central business district (downtown) 2
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| 01 Obelisk | 02 St. Mary’s Cathedral | 03 Anzac War Memorial |
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| 06 Former Supreme Court and Registry Office | ||
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| 07 The Great Synagogue | 08 Mark Foy’s Department Store | 09 The Archibald Fountain |
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| 10 St. James railway station |
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Elizabeth St. Hyde Park was dedicated for
public recreation and amusement in 1810 and has maintained its original
boundaries almost intact since that date. Two of the most popular
national sports were practised there, horse racing and cricket. Both
found keen supporters amongst the military who were garrisoned in the
town.
The present landscape of the park does not however owe anything to its early days but to the construction of the City Railway which was opened in 1926. The tunnel for the railway was excavated by an open cut along Hyde Park and the whole area re-planted when the excavation had been covered in again. |
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