Sydney General Post Office

The General Post Office, in Sydney

The General Post Office is one of the landmark buildings of the economic centre of Sydney, a fine example of Victorian architecture. The Sydney audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this majestic building, a former central post office endowed with a high clock tower, on Martin Place.

The former Victorian central post office

Here is one of the landmark buildings of the economic centre of Sydney, the General Post Office. It is a fine example of Victorian architecture, which marked the town during its great rise in the nineteenth century. Built to shelter the central post office of the town, this majestic sandstone building stands out by its long façade adorned with elegant columns and arcades, and above all by its high clock tower, long one of the landmarks of the town centre. Its construction, spread over several decades, illustrates the importance that the postal and telegraphic services then had, true nerve centres of communication at the time. Its façade is adorned with sculptures that aroused in their time some debates. Located on Martin Place, one of the most important squares of the City, the building has since been reconverted and today shelters shops, restaurants and a hotel, while keeping its architectural splendour. A Victorian jewel and a witness of the history of Sydney, the General Post Office is a fine stop of the discovery of the town.

What to see

You admire one of the landmark buildings of the centre of Sydney, a former central post office, a fine example of Victorian sandstone architecture, with a long façade adorned with columns and arcades and a high clock tower long a landmark of the town, on Martin Place, today reconverted into shops, restaurants and a hotel. The General Post Office is a Victorian jewel of Sydney. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The General Post Office lies on Martin Place, in the heart of the City of Sydney, reachable on foot and by public transport. You admire its façade and its clock tower from the square; the shops, restaurants and hotel that it shelters have their own hours. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

What is the General Post Office in Sydney?

One of the landmark buildings of the centre of Sydney, a former central post office and a fine example of Victorian sandstone architecture; with a long façade adorned with columns and a high clock tower, on Martin Place, it has been reconverted and today shelters shops, restaurants and a hotel.

Where is the General Post Office in Sydney?

On Martin Place, in the heart of the City of Sydney, in Australia.