Young Street Terraces, Heritage-listed Victorian terraces in Sydney, Australia

Young Street Terraces is a row of four interconnected three-storey Victorian filigree buildings at 36–42 Young Street, each with a basement. The upper levels have cast-iron verandah and balcony balustrades, and the roofs are clad in corrugated steel. Rendered brick walls and timber floors remain, while the basements use sandstone and soft brick.

The land was part of the First Government House grounds, granted to the Municipal Council of Sydney in 1851 and subdivided. Builder Joseph Paul Walker erected the terraces in 1874–75 and leased them to the Mining Board and Department of Lands. Government departments occupied them until 1936; from 1937 to 1982 they housed Sydney Hospital nurses.

The original timber surrounds and fireplaces remain visible, showing what Victorian-era officials valued in their workspaces. The buildings shifted between different purposes over time, reflecting changing needs in Sydney's administration and public services.

Located in Sydney's central business district, the terraces can be easily spotted from the street. The interiors serve as private offices and are generally not open to visitors, but you can appreciate the exterior architecture and details from the street level.

The mining museum occupied two ground-floor rooms at No. 38, opened by the Department of Mines in 1876 and closed in 1881, the year builder J. W. Walker sold the property to J. Robertson. It was a short-lived venture inside a building leased only months earlier as offices for the Mining Board.