Old Police Station, The Rocks, Historic police station in The Rocks, Australia.
The Old Police Station at 127-129 George Street is a sandstone building with timber balconies, a central hallway, and original metal doors fitted with window grilles. The structure displays typical features of public administration buildings from this era.
The building was completed in 1882 by architect James Barnet on the site of Sydney's first General Hospital from 1788. This conversion reflects how the settlement's priorities shifted as it developed.
The building now houses Sergeant Lok, a Modern Asian restaurant and bar. Its name recalls the police station that operated here; the 1890s Royal Commission investigated Chinese gambling in George Street North, where fan-tan and pak-ah-pu tickets were sold behind shop displays.
The building now houses Sergeant Lok restaurant, allowing visitors to explore its interior spaces. It sits in a central location within The Rocks and is easy to find among the nearby historic streets.
The site at 127–129 George Street was Sydney's first General Hospital from 1788 to 1816; in 1797 the portable hospital was pulled down and re-erected on a stone foundation slightly west of its original position when High (George) Street was realigned. William Davis received the land as a grant of 16 perches in 1836, though an 1834 survey shows houses already stood there.
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