Centennial Park is the grand Victorian “People’s Park” dedicated in 1888 under Premier Sir Henry Parkes to mark the centenary of European settlement in New South Wales. It was carved from parts of the old Sydney Common and Lachlan Swamps water reserve east of the city — unemployed labour turned swampy ground into formal drives, ponds, plantations and statues in the English public-park tradition. Charles Moore (Director of the Botanic Gardens) and engineer Frederick Franklin were among those who assessed the potential; Randwick Road through the Government Domain later became Anzac Parade.
On 1 January 1901 the park’s natural amphitheatre hosted the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia, when the colonies were proclaimed a federation. A temporary Federation Pavilion stood for the ceremony; the hexagonal Federation Stone later marked the spot, and architect Alexander Tzannes’s permanent Federation Pavilion (dedicated 1 January 1988) now houses the stone. Centennial Park sits on the Australian National Heritage List for that nation-making association. Together with Moore Park and Queens Park it forms the Centennial Parklands, managed for public recreation, equestrian use and historic landscape conservation.
Photographs here show drives, water bodies and park structures in the Centennial landscape.
Centennial Park Was The brainchild of Sir Henry Parkes, Who At The Time Was Colonial Secretary For The Colony Of New South Wales.
Randwick Had Turned Into A Flourishing Village And Was Connected To Randwick Road Which Ran Through The Government Domain Which Was Later Called Moore Park After Charles Moore, The Mayor Of Sydney At The Time. Randwick Road Was Later Called Anzac Parade After The Tragedies & Sacrifice From World War 1.
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