Great Hall of the University of Sydney

The Great Hall of the University of Sydney
The interior of the Great Hall
General information
Status	Completed
Architectural style	Victorian Academic Gothic revival
Location	Main Quadrangle, The University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus, Sydney, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Coordinates	33°53′07″S 151°11′20″E / 33.8854°S 151.1890°E / -33.8854; 151.1890
Construction started	1855
Completed	July 1859 (1859-07)
Owner	The University of Sydney
Technical details
Material	Sydney sandstone Cedar timber beams Hammerbeam roof Marble flooring
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edmund Blacket (1855-1859) James Barnet (Clerk of Works) T. E. O’Mahony
Other designers	Rudolf von Beckerath (1972 organ) Ronald Sharp (1972 organ)
Known for	Stained-glass windows, gables and gargoyles
Website
sydney.edu.au/engage/visit/places-of-interest/great-hall.html
Historic site
New South Wales Heritage Database (Local Government Register)
Official name	Main Quad / East Range and Great Hall
Type	Local government (built)
Designated	1999
Reference no.	4726003
Group	Education
Category	University
Builders	Holmes & Coney John Donovan & Robert Melville A & S Loveridge W. Elphinstone W. H. Hudson & Sons

The Great Hall of the University of Sydney, is one of the principal structures of The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with a public interior used for formal ceremonies, conferences, recitals and dinners. The Hall, located in the Main Quadrangle on the Camperdown campus, is a symbol of the university's stately history and an excellent example of Victorian Academic Gothic revival architecture. Completed in July 1859, the Great Hall soon became a tourist attraction; the writer Anthony Trollope wrote home in 1874 that the Hall was "the finest chamber in the colonies", and that no college of Oxford or Cambridge possessed a hall "of which the proportions are so good".^[1]

The Great Hall, Main Quadrangle and the East Range of the University of Sydney were listed on the City of Sydney local government heritage list in 1999; where the collection of buildings are described as ".... probably the most significant group of Gothic Revival Buildings in Australia."^[2]