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The creation of the walking tour booklet was made possible through the generous support of the City of Sydney, John T Reid Charitable Trusts, Fred P Archer Charitable Trust (Trust Company as Trustee) and the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation.
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Lovely to meet you. I’m Dee Dee. Hello! I’m Cosmo.
Developed by Annette Mauer Design by Amy Yongsiri Illustrations by Lew Keilar, http://www.lewkeilar.com/
Don’t forget to get your passport stamped at Object Gallery!
Draw a map of your neighbourbood. Mark in all the places that you would show your friends if you took them on a walking tour. Principal Funding
Police Station Taylor Squar e
Object Gallery
We’ll start our journey at Object Gallery! Did you know that Object Gallery was once a chapel?
The police station building has lots of different shapes. Use these shapes to help you draw the building.
What is a chapel?*
* A chapel is a small church
Colour the shape of Object Gallery
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the materials you What are some of garets? can see in St Mar ch the words to at Draw lines to m the picture. Brick Timber Glass Metal
The shops along Oxford Street are all different.
Can you find the missing sections of the buildings? Use these details to help you draw them in.
All these buildings use repeating shapes to create an interesting pattern. Can you find these shapes in the buildings?
Rectangle
Square
Cylinder
Triangle
The Courthouse Taylor Square
Bloomfield Lane
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Yes, it’s a courthouse where judges make decisions based on the law.
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Circle the following parts of the building
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Let’s explore the laneways near Object Gallery!
Did you know that before cars, people travelled down these laneways by horse?
From where I’m standing this looks like a very large and important building!
*The symbol represents fairness
I wonder what the symbol on the pillar means?*
Can you wou find wh ld ha e ve b re the h een o tied rses up?
Measure the width of the lane using your feet.
How does the laneway compare to the street where you live?
SPOT the DIFFERENCE!
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How many can you find?
The patterns in these blocks look like a bird has pecked away at them.
Find a house made from sandstone blocks.
The sandstone blocks are laid in a particular order. Draw in the missing blocks and complete the pattern.
Do a rubbing of the blocks on the tracing paper.
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That’s very observant of you Cosmo, that particular pattern is called sparrow pecking!
Is Belgenny a vertical or horizontal building? horizontal
Belgenny was once thought of as a very TALL building!