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Macquarie Place in the 1920s Macquarie Place is a small triangular park in downtown Sydney, Australia. It is located at the corner of Bridge Street and Loftus Street, and is named after Governor Lachlan Macquarie. It was the first formally laid out public space in Sydney (1810), functioning as the town square. Along with Hyde Park it is the oldest public park in Australia, though its size has been greatly reduced since colonial days. An obelisk from 1818 and designed by the New South Wales Government Architect, Francis Greenway, is located in the park and records the distance to various locations in New South Wales along the earliest roads developed in the colony. Later a cannon and anchor taken from the Norfolk Island wreckage of the First Fleet flagship, HMS Sirius, were placed in the park. The unveiling of HMS Sirius' anchor at Macquarie Place in 1907. Many important institutions have had establishments at Macquarie Place. In 1817 Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales (later to become Westpac in 1982) opened in Macquarie Place. The State Library of New South Wales briefly had premises in the place during the 1830s. Opposite the place in Bridge Street is the original New South Wales Lands Department head office, which was the department responsible for surveying and mapping New South Wales. Unveiling of the Thomas Mort statue in Macquarie Place, 1883 In 1883 a statue of early Australian Industrialist, Thomas Mort was unveiled in the park. In 1954 Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh commenced the start of the Remembrance Driveway by planting Plane trees in Macquarie Place. The Great North Walk to Newcastle starts/ends at the obelisk in Macquarie Place. External links Heritage Office History and Statement of Significance History of Macquarie Place[1] Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Macquarie Place Macquarie Obelisk The anchor of the H.M.S Sirius as it stands today. The cannon that was laid to rest alongside the Sirius' anchor. The statue of Thomas Mort that was unveiled in 1883. Coordinates: 33°51′48″S 151°12′36″E / 33.8633°S 151.2100°E / -33.8633; 151.2100