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Macquarie Street

Fodor's Review:

Sydney's most elegant boulevard was shaped by Governor Macquarie, who from 1810 until he was ousted in 1821 planned the transformation of the cart track leading to Sydney Cove into a stylish street of dwellings and government buildings. An occasional modern high-rise breaks up the streetscape, but many of the 19th-century architectural delights here escaped demolition.

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