Sydney Hospital - Macquarie Street - Sydney

Sydney Hospital - The "Rum Hospital" - Macquarie Street - Sydney - NSW

Sydney Hospital And Other Government Buildings Came Around As A Result Of The Hard Work Governor Lachlan Macquarie When He Took Over As Governor In 1810.
And It's Hard To Imagine What Lachlan Macquarie And His Wife Were Sailing Into When They Came From England. Rum Ruled Everything. It WasThe Currency Of  and South Wales, And. the Renegade Red. Coats Were Probably In Control. I dont Know Much AboutThat Period In Between Governor Bligh Shaking under His Bed When The Red Coats Got Him And Took Over in 1806.... And It Sticks In My Head From A Famous Painting Of The Scene. (I'll Have To Find It) Till The Time Governor Macquarie Arrived.

Sydney Was Pretty Much Slums With a Few Muddy Tracks.
Macquarie Went On The Name The Streets And Map Them Out.
In Relation To Sydney Hospital I've Often Heard That Macquarie Paid For It From Rum Proceeds. But what An Amazing Piece Of Work It Is. The Whole Of That Part Of Macquarie street is Amazing. It holds
- Hyde Park Barracks
- The NSW Mint
- The NSW Parliament (which I Think Was Originally Part Of The Hospital)
- The Mitchell Wing
-  The Conservatorium Of Music (Originally The Government Horse Stables)
- Government House, Which Is Hidden Away From  View In The Botanical Gardens And  The Domain
- The Sydney Garden Palace Would've Been The Jewel In The Macquarie Street Crown If Any Part Of It Were Still There. Yet Another Piece Of History Gone up In Smoke Probably From Arson. I will be writing About How I  Found Of Its Existence In Some Rubbish.


Just To Name A Few Things
I Happened To Be At Sydney Hospital Recently And Gee..... It's upkeep Has Really Started To Deteriate. It was Quite Disheartening Considering It's A Building(s) That Has Really Stood The Test Of Time, & Is Still A Fully Working Hospital.
 As Far As I Can Remember It. Was Also Th Design Of Francis Greenway, who Was The Architect For A Lot Of The Buildings Governor Macquarie Had Built. He'd Been Sent To New South Wales For Forgery.

The Main Entrance To The Hospital And Up The Stairs.

some of The Stonework Is truly Amazing Once You Get Up Close To It.