A Fig-lined avenue in Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia

Hyde Park is a large park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Hyde Park is on the eastern side of the Sydney central business district. It is the southernmost of a chain of parkland that extends north to the shore of Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson). It takes the form of an approximate rectangle, being squared at the southern end and rounded at the northern end, bordered on the west by Elizabeth Street, on the east by College Street, on the north by St James Road and Prince Albert Road and on the south by Liverpool Street. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 4435 KB) Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 4435 KB) Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ... A view of the Sydney CBD from Farm Cove Map of the CBD The central business district (CBD) of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, Australia, extends southwards for about 2 km from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. ... Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia, also known as Sydney Harbour and is the largest natural harbour in the world. ... Elizabeth Street, looking south from the intersection of Hunter Street, 11 January 1933. ... Liverpool Street is an important east-west throughfare in the southern portion of the Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ...

Around the park's boundaries lie the Supreme Court of New South Wales, St. James Church, Hyde Park Barracks and Sydney Hospital to the north, St Mary's Cathedral and the Australian Museum to the east, the Downing Centre to the south, the David Jones Limited flagship store and the Sydney central business district to the west. It is bisected through the middle by the east-west running Park Street. The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court for the Australian State of New South Wales. ... Lithograph of St James Church c. ... The Hyde Park Barracks, built between 1818 and 1819, is a popular landmark in the historic precinct of Macquarie Street and Queens Square in Sydney. ... This article needs cleanup. ... St Mary’s Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, currently Cardinal Archbishop George Pell. ... The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, centering on natural history and anthropology, with collections centering on vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as minerology, palaeontology, and anthropology. ... A view of the Downing Centre, Sydney from the south west corner of Hyde Park. ... David Jones Limited (ASX: ), colloquially known as DJs, is an Australian retailing company. ... A view of the Sydney CBD from Farm Cove Map of the CBD The central business district (CBD) of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, Australia, extends southwards for about 2 km from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. ...

[edit] History

Hyde Park was named after the original Hyde Park in London. “Hyde Park” redirects here. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The park is pock marked with sewer lids, many of which lead down to Busby's Bore, the first large scale attempt at a water source system after the backing up of Tank Stream, the Sydney colony's primary water source. Busby's Bore was built between 1827 and 1837 using convict labour and supplied fresh water from Lachlan Swamps, (which later became known as Centennial Park) to the city. Busbys Bore was Sydneys second water supply. ... Tank Stream empties in Sydney Cove in New South Wales, Australia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Centennial Park is a large area of parkland in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, set aside to celebrate the first 100 years of European settlement in Australia. ...

[edit] As a sporting venue

Painting of Hyde Park, 1842

From the very early days of the colony the open area to the south east of the settlement was a favourite place for sport and recreation. It was known variously as ‘The Common’, the ‘Exercising Ground’, the ‘Cricket Ground’ and the ‘Race Course’. On October 13, 1810, Governor Macquarie separated the area from the Domain to the north, named it Hyde Park (after Hyde Park in London) and dedicated it for the "recreation and amusement of the inhabitants of the town and a field of exercises for the troops". He kept the Domain for his own exclusive use. is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Colonel Lachlan Macquarie (31 January 1762–1 July 1824), colonial governor regarded by many as the real founder of Australia, was born in the Isle of Mull in the Hebrides islands of Scotland. ... The Domain is a large open space in Sydney, Australia, immediately east of the central business district. ...

Many sports were played at Hyde Park including cricket, rugby, horse racing, quoits and hurling, however, sports people using Hyde Park had share it with both the military, who trained on it and practised drill work, the public, who cut paths across the playing fields, stray dogs, cattle, goats, sheep and other animals as well as other sports people whose interests sometimes conflicted. The quoit players in particular, used an area close to the cricket pitch and often damaged it. This article is about the sport. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Quoits (koits, kwoits) is a traditional lawn game involving the throwing of a metal or rubber ring over a set distance to land over a pin (hob) in the centre of a patch of clay. ... For the Cornish sport, see Cornish Hurling. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into parade (military). ...

[edit] Horse racing

Seven Arab horses taken on board the First Fleet at the Cape Colony (now South Africa) were the first horses to be brought to Australia. The first thoroughbred to be brought to Australia was Rockingham in 1799. By 1800 there were 200 horses in the colony which grew to 1100 by 1810. A race ground on the Hawkesbury River near Richmond was probably Australia’s first racecourse being used as early as 1806. Match races were run there as part of a holiday at Parramatta in April 1810. The Arabian horse is a breed of horse with a reputation for intelligence, high spirit, and outstanding stamina. ... The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain on May 13, 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. ... Anthem: God Save the Queen Cape Colony Capital Cape Town Language(s) English and Dutch1 Religion Dutch Reformed Church, Anglican Government Constitutional monarchy Last Monarch King George VI Last Prime Minister  - 1908 – 1910 John X. Merriman Last Governor  - 1901 - 1910 Walter Hely-Hutchinson Historical era 19th century  - Dutch East India... For the processor with the same codename , see Athlon. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Richmond is a town near Sydney, Australia. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A match race is a regatta for two sailing boats, racing each other around a course. ...

Only two days after Governor Macquarie dedicated Hyde Park for ‘recreation and amusement’ it became the site of Australia’s first official horse race meeting organised on October 15, 17 and 19, 1810 by the officers of the 73rd Regiment (Macquarie's regiment). The meetings to devise the rules and organise the event were held in the officers’ mess and many of the horses were owned by the officers. The 73rd Regiment of Foot also known as MacLeods Highlanders after its founder Lord MacLeod, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...

The race meeting consisted of a series of heats with weights set depending on the sex and age of a horse. There were also a number of match races between two horses and sweepstake prizes offered. Governor Macquarie himself attended each day of the meeting. Sweepstakes (called prize draws in Great Britain) promotion where prizes are given away for free. ...

This format for race meetings was followed in the colony for the next 50 years. Owners mostly rode their own horses and the courses were marked by flags and posts. Novelty events were often included.

Meetings continued to be held at Hyde Park up until the formation of the Sydney Turf Club in 1825 when they were moved to the ‘Bellevue’ course. Meetings were also run at Parramatta and Camperdown. The Australian Racing and Jockey Club was formed in 1828 with the encouragement of Governor Darling but the colony could not support two race clubs and both folded in 1831. The Sydney Turf Club (STC) was founded in 1943 and is the youngest of Australias Principal Race Clubs. ... Year 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Parramatta is a city, suburb and Local Government Area in Sydney, Australia, 25 kilometres west of the central business district (CBD) in Western Sydney. ... A view of rooftops in Camperdown Camperdown postcode 2050 is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... General Sir Ralph Darling, Governor NSW (1825–1831). ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

[edit] Cricket

Although some research indicates that cricket was played before 1803 at the southern end of the Common near where the War Memorial is today, the first confirmed match took place on the Common in 1803. The players were the civilians and officers from the supply ship Calcutta. The cricket ground was laid out in the north-western section of the park (just behind the current entrance to St James Railway Station) and all major games were played there until 1856. 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The ANZAC War Memorial, completed in 1934, is the main commemorative military monument of Sydney, Australia. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The first fully recorded match took place in Hyde Park between the 17th and 39th Regiments on May 7, 1832. However, by the 1850s running problems with other users of the Park, the public, the military and players of other sports, ultimately caused cricket matches to be moved to the Domain where unfortunately, similar problems were also encountered. The Royal Leicestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1688. ... The Dorset Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ...

[edit] Boxing

Hyde Park and St. Mary's Cathedral in the 1940s

Organised bareknuckle fights were probably common in the early colony and officers of the NSW Corps were known to have arranged fights between convicts. The first recorded fight took place on the road to Botany about half a mile from the Racecourse in 1814. This would put it near the current location of the War Memorial. As if the boxing bout was not enough, the combatants, John Berringer (also known as John Parton) and Charles Sefton, were first required to run a mile. Both Berrenger and Sefton has been sentenced to death in Britain but had their sentences commuted to transportation to NSW. The fight lasted 56 rounds and was won by Berringer. Image File history File links Sydney_Hyde_Park_and_St_Marys. ... Image File history File links Sydney_Hyde_Park_and_St_Marys. ... The New South Wales Corps (also known as the Rum Corps and the Botany Bay Rangers) were the first foot soldiers to serve in Australia, in the then colony of New South Wales. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... A studio photograph of Tasmanian convict Bill Thompson, showing the convict uniform and the use of leg irons. ...

[edit] Rugby

On June 17, 1865 the first known rugby match to be played in Australia took place in Hyde Park between members of Australia’s first rugby club, the Sydney Football Club, which had been established that month. In the July that year, the Sydney Club played the Australian Club in Hyde Park, in the first inter-club game. is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

In 1856, Hyde Park was turned into public gardens and sporting activity all but ceased. Cricket and football clubs had to find other places to play. Cricket was played at the Domain and both sports were also played at Moore Park and the Garrison Ground (now the Sydney Cricket Ground). 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ...

[edit] Features

Archibald Fountain

The centrepiece of Hyde Park is the majestic Archibald Fountain. The fountain was designed by François Sicard and donated by J.F. Archibald in 1932 in honour of Australia's contribution to the Great War in France. Also at the northern end are the Nagoya Gardens featuring a giant outdoor chess set and the entrance to the underground St. James railway station. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1795 KB) Archibald Fountain Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1795 KB) Archibald Fountain Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia. ... The Archibald Fountain, widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales. ... J.F. Archibald (1856-1919), Australian journalist and publisher, was co-owner and editor of the Sydney Bulletin during the days of its greatest influence in Australian politics and literary life. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... This article is about the Western board game. ... St. ...

At the park's southern end is the ANZAC War Memorial behind the 'Lake of Reflections' or 'Pool of Remembrance' and the entrances to the Museum railway station. A monument consisting of a 104-millimetre gun from the German light cruiser SMS Emden stands at the south-eastern, Oxford Street entry of the park. The ANZAC War Memorial, completed in 1934, is the main commemorative military monument of Sydney, Australia. ... Museum is a railway station on the City Circle line in Sydney, Australia. ... SMS Emden was a light cruiser of the German navy. ... Oxford Street, Darlinghurst Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, Australia, running from Whitlam Square on the south-east corner of Hyde Park in the central business district of Sydney to Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs. ...

The Obelisk at the Bathurst Street entrance in the early 1900s

The western, or Elizabeth Street side, at the Bathurst Street entrance of the park sits beside the 125 foot Obelisk decorated with Egyptian features. It was erected in 1857 and unveiled by the then Mayor, George Thornton. But the monument is actually a sewer vent, and soon the joke around town was to call it 'Thornton's Scent Bottle'.^[1] Further south from here is another Middle Eastern inspired monument by the Independent Order of Oddfellows dedicated to the fallen Sydneysiders of the Great War. Elizabeth Street, looking south from the intersection of Hunter Street, 11 January 1933. ... The I.O.O.F. Hall at the corner of Yonge and College in Toronto, Ontario The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) is a fraternal organization derived from English Odd Fellows orders of the mid-1700s. ...

The Sandringham Gardens sit on the eastern side, close to the intersection of Park Street and College Street.

Hyde Park contains well-kept gardens and approximately 580 trees; a mixture of Moreton Bay Figs, Palms and other varieties. It is famed for its magnificent fig tree lined avenues, but in 2005 a number of disease-affected trees were discovered and felled.^[2] Following investigations a significant proportion of the trees were found to be infected with three different fungi. Currently a Draft Tree Management Plan is being considered under which about 230 diseased trees will be removed and replaced.^[3] Binomial name Ficus macrophylla Desf. ... Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae (also known as Palmae or Palmaceae), the palm family, is a family of flowering plants, belonging to the monocot order Arecales. ...

[edit] Images

Sandringham Gardens

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Obelisk

Captain Cook statue

[edit] References

• Pollard, Jack (1990) Australia Test Match Grounds London: Willow Books
• Vamplew, Wray; Moore, Katharine; O’Hara, John; Cashman, Richard; and Jobling, Ian [editors] (1997) The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport Second Edition Melbourne: Oxford University Press

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[edit] External links

http://www.rbgsyd.gov.au http://www-aus.cricket.org

Coordinates: 33°52′24″S, 151°12′41″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...