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  • 1. What underpinned a booming economy in Sydney during the 1830s–1850s?
A) Mass production of bricks only
B) Population growth, perpetual leases, free trade, and exports
C) The end of the gold rush
D) Gold discoveries exclusively
  • 2. On which side of the Tank Stream were officers and administrators housed?
A) Western side
B) Northern side
C) Eastern side
D) Southern side
  • 3. On which side of the Tank Stream was commerce consigned?
A) Eastern side
B) Northern side
C) Western side
D) Southern side
  • 4. Which architectural style was replacing derivative neo-Classical Georgian by the 1830s?
A) Brutalism
B) Modernism
C) Gothic Revival
D) Art Deco
  • 5. Who was the most renowned architect in Sydney in the 1830s?
A) John Verge
B) Anthony Hordern
C) Edmund Blacket
D) James Barnet
  • 6. Which of the following buildings was designed by John Verge?
A) The Lands Department Building
B) Tusculum
C) Customs House
D) The General Post Office
  • 7. Which of these houses was designed by John Verge?
A) The Main Quadrangle Building
B) The Australia Hotel
C) The Grace Building
D) Elizabeth Bay House
  • 8. Which country house was among John Verge's designs?
A) Camden Park
B) Chief Secretary’s Building
C) The Grace Hotel
D) The Australian Museum
  • 9. What political change occurred in the 1840s that pushed along a confident society?
A) Abolition of property leases
B) Discovery of oil and gas
C) Federation of the colonies
D) End of convict transportation and commencement of an independent legislature
  • 10. In the 1840s building boom, public and domestic architecture favored styles transported from which country?
A) France
B) Italy
C) United States
D) Britain
  • 11. What did limited budgets on some 1840s projects result in?
A) Pure neo-Classical stone mansions
B) A vernacular style responding to local conditions
C) Art Deco skyscrapers
D) Ostentatious neo-Gothic mega structures
  • 12. In the 1840s vernacular style, what purpose did the verandah serve?
A) A connecting device between rooms
B) A sun-shading device
C) A decorative entry facade
D) A structural support for upper floors
  • 13. What helped stabilise hot and cold temperature extremes in limited-budget 1840s buildings?
A) Plasterwork and arcades
B) Solid sandstone walls and cross-ventilation
C) Glass curtain walls
D) Cast iron facades and high ceilings
  • 14. What compound event in the 1850s brought new wealth and a rapid population increase?
A) The industrial revolution
B) The wool export boom
C) The gold rush
D) The completion of the railway
  • 15. What happened to housing for the working and lower middle class during the Victorian architectural boom?
A) It was replaced by grand neo-Gothic estates
B) It remained substandard with growing slum conditions
C) It disappeared entirely due to urban renewal
D) It was upgraded to Italianate villas
  • 16. Which immigrant group influenced residential construction in the 1860s?
A) German immigrants
B) Italian immigrants
C) American immigrants
D) British immigrants
  • 17. What features grew in popularity due to Italian immigration in the 1860s?
A) Art deco setbacks and steel frames
B) Surface ornamentation, plasterwork, squared massing, arcades, loggias, and square towers
C) Verandahs functioning as sun-shades
D) Simple colonial lines and bare timber walls
  • 18. What replaced the simplicity of early colonial architecture in the 1860s?
A) Georgian neo-Classical symmetry
B) Decorative facades using ornate cast iron with higher ceilings and elaborate mouldings
C) Plain sandstone walls and cross-ventilation
D) Bare brick surfaces with zero ornamentation
  • 19. Who designed the Main Quadrangle Building at the University of Sydney?
A) Edmund Blacket
B) Anthony Hordern
C) John Verge
D) James Barnet
  • 20. In what year was the Main Quadrangle Building at the University of Sydney completed?
A) 1859
B) 1881
C) 1890
D) 1830
  • 21. Who became Colonial Architect in Sydney starting in 1862?
A) Anthony Hordern
B) James Barnet
C) John Verge
D) Edmund Blacket
  • 22. Which of the following buildings was designed by James Barnet?
A) Camden Park
B) Elizabeth Bay House
C) Tusculum
D) The Australian Museum
  • 23. In what year was James Barnet's Customs House completed?
A) 1864
B) 1859
C) 1884
D) 1890
  • 24. In what year was James Barnet's General Post Office completed?
A) 1890
B) 1864
C) 1881
D) 1884
  • 25. Which building had its construction dates in 1881 and 1893 under James Barnet?
A) The Chief Secretary’s Building
B) The Lands Department Building
C) Customs House
D) The Australian Museum
  • 26. In what year was James Barnet's Chief Secretary’s Building completed?
A) 1881
B) 1893
C) 1890
D) 1878
  • 27. What material were most of Sydney's public buildings built from during James Barnet's tenure?
A) Imported marble
B) Hand-made timber
C) Corrugated iron
D) Local stone
  • 28. When did the mass production of bricks commence in Sydney?
A) 1850s
B) 1830s
C) 1870s
D) 1890s
  • 29. By what year had two-thirds of the population been born in Australia?
A) 1850
B) 1930
C) 1880
D) 1830
  • 30. Which building was inspired by the Tribune Tower in Chicago?
A) The Grace Building
B) The Australian Museum
C) Customs House
D) The Main Quadrangle Building
  • 31. In what year was The Grace Building completed?
A) 1930
B) 1878
C) 1884
D) 1890
  • 32. The Grace Building was built in which style?
A) Victorian Italianate
B) Neo-Gothic
C) Georgian neo-Classical
D) Art Deco
  • 33. How were the first two storeys of The Grace Building originally designed to be used?
A) As residential apartments for the working class
B) As a grand hotel lobby
C) In the manner of a department store
D) As government administrative offices
  • 34. What was the intended use for the remaining storeys of The Grace Building above the first two storeys?
A) Living quarters for colonial officers
B) Storage space for colonial exports
C) Rental office accommodation for importers and softgoods firms
D) Exhibition halls for local stone and brick
  • 35. What event led to the lifting of height restrictions and the demolition of much of central Sydney's older architecture?
A) The establishment of the 1819 commission of inquiry
B) Post-World War II years
C) The First Fleet arrival in 1788
D) Governor Macquarie's recall to England in 1819
  • 36. According to Singh d'Arcy in The Apartment House (2017), what did architects and developers build in place of handsome sandstone buildings from the 1950s onwards?
A) Sleek glass-and-steel masterpieces
B) Traditional Federation style homes
C) Classically inspired Georgian structures
D) Brown concrete monstrosities
  • 37. Which Austrian-Australian architect designed notable new buildings in Sydney?
A) Arthur Phillip
B) Harry Seidler
C) William Dawes
D) Francis Greenway
  • 38. When did the British establish a colony in Sydney Cove?
A) January 1790
B) January 1810
C) January 1788
D) January 1814
  • 39. How long did the First Fleet sail from Portsmouth to reach Sydney?
A) 9 months
B) 2 months
C) 200 years
D) 14 years
  • 40. In what year did Governor Arthur Phillip begin freeing convicts and granting them land at Rose Hill?
A) 1788
B) 1810
C) 1790
D) 1819
  • 41. How far inland is Rose Hill, where land was granted to provide a stable food supply?
A) 200 miles
B) 14 years
C) 9 months
D) 20 km
  • 42. Who produced a town plan for Sydney in 1790 that was ultimately ignored?
A) Arthur Phillip
B) Francis Greenway
C) Governor Lachlan Macquarie
D) Lieutenant William Dawes
  • 43. What architectural style characterized the earliest significant buildings in Sydney?
A) Modern high-rise skyscrapers
B) Ornate Federation style structures
C) Simple restrained Georgian buildings
D) Grand Victorian gothic buildings
  • 44. In what year did Governor Lachlan Macquarie's tenure begin?
A) 1790
B) 1814
C) 1810
D) 1788
  • 45. How many brick buildings had Macquarie overseen the construction of by the end of his tenure?
A) 52
B) 200
C) 22
D) 92
  • 46. How many stone buildings had Macquarie overseen the construction of by the end of his tenure?
A) 4
B) 52
C) 22
D) 92
  • 47. How many weatherboard houses had Macquarie overseen the construction of by the end of his tenure?
A) 52
B) 92
C) 22
D) 7
  • 48. How many miles of road were constructed over the course of Governor Macquarie's tenure?
A) Over 200 miles
B) Over 2000 miles
C) Exactly 92 miles
D) Over 20 miles
  • 49. In what year did Francis Greenway arrive in Sydney?
A) 1788
B) 1814
C) 1819
D) 1810
  • 50. For what crime was Francis Greenway serving a fourteen-year sentence when he arrived in Sydney?
A) Smuggling food supplies
B) Forgery
C) Theft of building materials
D) Treason against the British Crown
  • 51. What percentage deposit was the norm for borrowers to put up for a house in the post-war era?
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 50%
D) 30%
  • 52. By what percentage did the cost of building a home grow in the decade following the war?
A) 100%
B) 400%
C) 250%
D) 600%
  • 53. What features replaced hipped roofs on houses designed by returning young architects?
A) Thatched roofs
B) Slightly pitched roofs
C) Flat concrete roofs
D) Domed roofs
  • 54. Where did the main entry lead directly into after hallways and vestibules were eliminated?
A) The kitchen
B) The living room
C) A separate dining room
D) The bedroom
  • 55. Under whom did Harry Seidler study at Harvard?
A) Jørn Utzon
B) Marcel Breuer
C) Josef Albers
D) Walter Gropius
  • 56. Who tutored Harry Seidler at Black Mountain College?
A) Josef Albers
B) Frank Gehry
C) Walter Gropius
D) Marcel Breuer
  • 57. How many buildings did Harry Seidler build in Sydney between 1948 and 1952?
A) 20
B) 5
C) 10
D) 15
  • 58. Which architectural group practiced a softer form of Modernism in contrast to Seidler?
A) Sydney School
B) Melbourne Modernists
C) Castlecrag Collective
D) International Bauhaus Group
  • 59. Which of the following architects was associated with the Sydney School?
A) Jørn Utzon
B) Harry Seidler
C) Frank Gehry
D) Ken Woolley
  • 60. Where were Sydney School projects largely located?
A) The Western Suburbs
B) The city's North Shore
C) Bennelong Point
D) The Central Business District
  • 61. Whose earlier work in Castlecrag was followed by the Sydney School?
A) Josef Albers
B) Walter Burley Griffin
C) Marcel Breuer
D) Walter Gropius
  • 62. In what year did the Sydney Opera House open?
A) 1963
B) 1983
C) 1993
D) 1973
  • 63. Who designed the Sydney Opera House?
A) Harry Seidler
B) Frank Gehry
C) Ken Woolley
D) Jørn Utzon
  • 64. Where is the Sydney Opera House located?
A) The North Shore
B) Chippendale
C) Black Mountain
D) Bennelong Point
  • 65. What designation does the Sydney Opera House hold?
A) Green Star Multi-Unit Building
B) National Natural Landmark
C) World Heritage Site
D) Residential Urban Renewal Project
  • 66. What is the tallest point in Sydney?
A) One Central Park
B) The Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
C) The Sydney Opera House
D) The Sydney Tower
  • 67. When was the Sydney Tower built?
A) Late 1990s-early 2000s
B) Late 1970s-early 1980s
C) Late 1940s-early 1950s
D) Late 1950s-early 1960s
  • 68. Who is the renowned Canadian architect who designed Australia's first building by him in Sydney?
A) Frank Gehry
B) Marcel Breuer
C) Jørn Utzon
D) Walter Gropius
  • 69. What is the pedestrian pathway and former railway line located on the eastern border of the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building site?
A) The Goods Line
B) North Shore Track
C) Bennelong Path
D) Central Park Way
  • 70. In which Sydney suburb is One Central Park located?
A) Castlecrag
B) Bennelong
C) Chippendale
D) Black Mountain
  • 71. In what year was One Central Park completed?
A) 2014
B) 2015
C) 2013
D) 1973
  • 72. What distinct botanical feature is found on One Central Park?
A) Vertical hanging gardens
B) Ground-level fern grottos
C) Rooftop palm orchards
D) Surrounding natural bushland
  • 73. What rating did One Central Park receive in 2013 from the Green Building Council of Australia?
A) 5 star Green Star
B) 4 star Green Star
C) 3 star Green Star
D) 6 star Green Star
  • 74. In what year was the New South Wales State Heritage Register established?
A) 1960
B) 1983
C) 1999
D) 1988
  • 75. In what year was the Regent Theatre on George Street demolished?
A) 1999
B) 1986
C) 1983
D) 1988
  • 76. Who purchased the Regent Theatre cheaply before demolishing it days later?
A) F.W. Turner
B) Clover Moore
C) Anthony Hordern III
D) Leon Fink
  • 77. Who was the MP for Bligh that addressed a crowd in Martin Place in 1988 to help save the Regent Theatre?
A) F.W. Turner
B) Clover Moore
C) Anthony Hordern III
D) Leon Fink
  • 78. Who designed the art deco head office of the Rural Bank in the 1930s?
A) Anthony Hordern III
B) F.W. Turner
C) Leon Fink
D) Clover Moore
  • 79. In what year was the Rural Bank head office controversially demolished?
A) 1988
B) 1983
C) 1999
D) 1986
  • 80. In what year was the Anthony Hordern & Sons building constructed?
A) 1905
B) 1889
C) 1983
D) 1988
  • 81. In what year were the Anthony Hordern emporium buildings controversially demolished?
A) 1986
B) 1988
C) 2004
D) 1983
  • 82. In what year was the World Square development finally completed?
A) 1999
B) 1988
C) 2004
D) 1986
  • 83. Which of these is a remaining legacy of Anthony Hordern?
A) Hordern Pavilion
B) Rural Bank head office
C) Regent Theatre
D) Sirius building
  • 84. Where is St Philip's Church located?
A) Bridge Street
B) George Street
C) Clarence Street
D) Bennelong Point
  • 85. Bishopscourt is located on which avenue in Darling Point?
A) Greenoaks Avenue
B) Johnston Street
C) Waimea Avenue
D) Gladeswood Gardens
  • 86. The Abbey is situated on Johnston Street in which suburb?
A) Double Bay
B) Surry Hills
C) Annandale
D) Darlinghurst
  • 87. St John's Church is located on which road in Darlinghurst?
A) Darlinghurst Road
B) Bedford Street
C) Macquarie Road
D) St Johns Road
  • 88. Cleveland House is located on Bedford Street in which suburb?
A) Surry Hills
B) Woollahra
C) Annandale
D) Paddington
  • 89. Waimea is located on Waimea Avenue in which suburb?
A) Woollahra
B) Glebe
C) Double Bay
D) Darlinghurst
  • 90. What is the street address of the Judge's House?
A) 531 Kent Street
B) 348 George Street
C) 11 Gladeswood Gardens
D) 56 Raglan Street
  • 91. Juniper Hall is situated at the intersection of Oxford Street and Ormond Street in which suburb?
A) Woollahra
B) Paddington
C) Surry Hills
D) Annandale
  • 92. Customs House at Circular Quay is built in which architectural style?
A) Gothic Revival
B) Georgian
C) Romanesque
D) Neoclassical
  • 93. On which street is the General Post Office located?
A) Alfred Street
B) Martin Place
C) College Street
D) Bridge Street
  • 94. The Department of Lands Building is located on which street?
A) Macquarie Street
B) Kent Street
C) George Street
D) Bridge Street
  • 95. Where is the Art Gallery of New South Wales situated?
A) Taylor Square
B) Circular Quay
C) Martin Place
D) The Domain
  • 96. The State Library of New South Wales is located on which street?
A) Bridge Street
B) College Street
C) Clarence Street
D) Macquarie Street
  • 97. The Australian Museum is located on which street?
A) College Street
B) George Street
C) Kent Street
D) Albion Street
  • 98. The Queen Victoria Building on George Street represents which style?
A) Gothic Revival
B) Neoclassical
C) Georgian
D) Romanesque
  • 99. The Church of St John, Bishopthorpe is located on St Johns Road in which suburb?
A) Glebe
B) Manly
C) Double Bay
D) Greystanes
  • 100. St Andrew's Church is located on Raglan Street in which suburb?
A) Annandale
B) Manly
C) Glebe
D) Darlinghurst
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