House for New South Wales

Government House may be the Official abode and Office of their Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d) 38th Governor of New South Wales and Mrs Linda Hurley. His Excellency may be the 27th Governor to entertain this Government House and has now held the positioning since 2 October 2014.

In 1788, immediately after a British settlement was established at Sydney Cove, the very first Governor of the colony of brand new Southern Wales, Governor Arthur Phillip, laid the fundamentals of Sydney's first Government home. This building ended up being positioned in Bridge Street (on the internet site associated with Museum of Sydney). After nearly 50 several years of offering as colony’s governmental, ceremonial and personal center, the building had become used and dilapidated and several submissions were meant to the British government for permission and financing to construct a brand new building.

In 1836 construction eventually started on a fresh Government House. The new building had been influenced with its location and architectural style by the present Governor’s Stables, finished in 1821 (today the Conservatorium of Music situated during the main entry gates to national House). In your area quarried sandstone ended up being employed for the building.

The building was created by Edward Blore, designer to William IV and Queen Victoria. Blore had recently built the British Houses of Parliament in an Elizabethan Gothic design, expressing the continuity of federal government by constitutional monarchy. Blore had also worked on Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. This new Government House had been built in the Gothic Revival design described as castellated towers alongside medieval functions.

After many years of delay and budget overruns, the House ended up being finished in 1845 whenever Governor Sir George Gipps, 9th Governor of the latest Southern Wales, and his wife took up residence.

Through the years the building has been extended, refurbished and modernized to match the tastes and needs of consecutive Governors. These days, the home keeps a significant assortment of portraits, furniture, attractive arts and gubernatorial souvenirs as a consequence of Vice Regal patronage.