Curio

State Library of New South Wales
Garden Palace during erection - from Macquarie Street, Sydney

Garden Palace during erection - from Macquarie Street, Sydney

Government Printing Office 1 – 07003


Construction began on 13 January 1879 and the foundation stone of the Garden Palace was laid one month later. The building rose rapidly, with 1500 men working across three eight-hour shifts per day to complete the building. After the exhibition ended the building became home to several government departments and, amongst other things, was used to store a range of institutional collections


17 September 1879 – 20 April 1880

1 (Samuel Allen died on 22 April 1879)

31 metres in diameter with 6 metre wide stained glass skylight (6 largest in the world)


27,000 on 26 January 1880

Initially 5 shillings and later dropped to 1 shilling

Messrs. Lyon & Cottier

112,000 square metres in cruciform shape


34 plus their colonies

£3, 3 shillings

13 January 1879


James Barnet


Approximately 14,000

Between 19,853 and 24,000 depending on the source.

13 February 1879

John Young together with Messrs. Hudson Brothers            

254

1,117,536

2.5 million bricks, 243 tonnes of galvanised iron, 1.4 million metres of timber and glass

3000 including 650 carpenters


7554

244 x 152 x 64 metres

Approximately 30