Department of Lands building, Government building in Bridge Street, Sydney, Australia
The Department of Lands building features a copper dome rising above three floors of sandstone construction with frontages on Bridge, Loftus, Bent and Gresham streets.
Colonial Architect James Barnet designed this Victorian Renaissance Revival structure, which was built in two stages between 1876 and 1892 to house land administration services.
Twenty-three niches on the building's facades contain statues of notable explorers and surveyors who contributed to Australian settlement and mapping.
The building contains the official survey baseline in its ground floor corridor and a benchmark on its Bridge Street facade for measuring distances in New South Wales.
The structure serves as the origin point for all height measurements in New South Wales through its Datum Bench Mark Plug, established between 1887 and 1894.
Location: New South Wales
Floors above the ground: 3
GPS coordinates: -33.86390,151.21000
Latest update: March 3, 2025 08:58
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