Description of the attraction
Hyde Park is a huge park on the east side of Sydney's CBD over an area of 16 hectares. Around the park are the Supreme Court of New South Wales, St. James Church, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney Hospital, Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, the Australian Museum, Downing Center and other public buildings.
The park got its name in honor of the famous London namesake - Hyde Park. Seen from above, it appears to be literally dotted with gutter covers, most of which lead to Busby Bohr, Sydney's first water supply system built between 1827 and 1837 with the help of prison labor.
From the very first days of the founding of the colony, the open area to the southeast of the settlement was a favorite place for the townspeople to relax and hold various sports events. In 1810, Governor Lachlan Macwire separated the site from Domain Park to the north and named it Hyde Park. He kept "Domain" for his own personal use.
Since then, Hyde Park has hosted many sporting events - cricket, rugby, goal throwing and field hockey, as well as horse racing. Army units trained here, and ordinary people walked dogs and even grazed cattle. It wasn't until 1856 that Hyde Park was turned into a public park, and sports activities almost disappeared. Football and cricketer clubs were forced to find other training and playgrounds.
Today, Hyde Park has several gardens and 580 trees - figs, palms and other species. The park is famous for its delightful alleys of fig trees. The adornment of the park is the Archibald Fountain, designed by the architect François Sicard and donated to Australia in 1932 by the journalist Jules Archibald for her services in the First World War. In the upper part of Hyde Park, the Nagoya Garden is laid out, the attraction of which is huge chess pieces. And in the southern part is the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) War Memorial. At the entrance to the park from the southeast side, there is a monument - a 104-millimeter gun from the German cruiser Emden. At the western entrance to the park there is a 38-meter Egyptian-style obelisk, built in 1857, which is actually … a sewer pipe!
