Friday, 3 April 2015

Camperdown, University of Sydney, Main Building

The Main Building is part of the Quadrangle Group of buildings on the University of Sydney campus, in the inner city suburb of Camperdown. It was designed by Edmund Blacket and James Barnet in the Victorian Academic Gothic architectural style and built around 1854. This view of the main entrance is from inside the Quadrangle.
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15 comments:

  1. Linda KayFriday, 3 April 2015 at 01:23:00 GMT+11

    Jim, that is such a beautiful and statuesque building, and a great pictures as well.

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  2. William KendallFriday, 3 April 2015 at 02:24:00 GMT+11

    An incredibly beautiful building, Jim.

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  3. CloudiaFriday, 3 April 2015 at 03:24:00 GMT+11

    Academic castle. Nice shot



    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^=

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  4. Author R. Mac WheelerFriday, 3 April 2015 at 04:09:00 GMT+11

    don't make 'em like that anymore L)

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  5. eileeninmdFriday, 3 April 2015 at 08:37:00 GMT+11

    Beautiful university, lovely shot!

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  6. Sylvia KFriday, 3 April 2015 at 08:40:00 GMT+11

    Such a beautiful building and your "forever" blue, blue skies are the perfect backdrop!! Terrific capture for the day, Jim, as always! Have a great weekend!

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  7. Photo CacheFriday, 3 April 2015 at 08:49:00 GMT+11

    This is a very handsome building.

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  8. Spare Parts and PicsFriday, 3 April 2015 at 09:56:00 GMT+11

    Love the architecture!

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  9. DianneFriday, 3 April 2015 at 10:06:00 GMT+11

    Very elegant architecture Jim

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  10. Magical Mystical TeacherFriday, 3 April 2015 at 10:33:00 GMT+11

    Obviously a windy day---I see the flag!

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  11. Yogi♪♪♪Friday, 3 April 2015 at 14:04:00 GMT+11

    What a grand building. I love the different color stone. They built them to last back then.

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  12. AmyFriday, 3 April 2015 at 14:38:00 GMT+11

    nice shot Jim! nice to read some history about it too :-)

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  13. HelsFriday, 3 April 2015 at 17:13:00 GMT+11

    I always love it when you come back to mid 19th century architecture at Sydney Uni. It looked so.. handsome... and scholarly.

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  14. fredamansSaturday, 4 April 2015 at 05:45:00 GMT+11

    Gorgeous building!

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  15. alicesgMonday, 6 April 2015 at 01:14:00 GMT+10

    Amazing building. Happy Easter

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