This pronounced building provides on the ground floor free use of many international newspapers. Customs House is right outside Circular Quay Station and dates in part from 1840.
It is now used as an exhibition centre and restaurant area. Object Galleries on the third floor has Australia's largest exhibition of craft and design and is free. The City Exhibition Space on the fourth floor is also free and has and intricate model of the entire city area.
Below the floor level in the central atrium is a scale model of Sydney CBD.
Just to the west of Customs House, in Loftus Street, is the spot where the British flag was first raised by the new settlers on 26th January 1788. A plaque commemorates the precise location.
31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay. (02 9247 2285).
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