Summary: Many of Sydney's secrets, lost in a gleaming palace<br> Sarah Morley reveals some of these stories from the Garden Palace collection the Amaze Gallery.<br> <br> Join us at the Library of New South Wales where we meet curator Sarah Morley sharing some of Sydney's historical secrets revealed in her stories from the Garden Palace collection display from the Amaze Gallery.<br> <br> While the display in the Amaze Gallery of the Garden Palace collection finished some time ago, we had been lucky enough to capture a glimpse of this tragic and dynamic story lead by the technology and innovation of the time. <br> <br> <br> <br> Sarah shares a glimpse into the rich collections of the State Library of NSW by telling some the fascinating stories associated with this magnificent building.<br> <br> The Garden Palace collection display in the Amaze Gallery was displayed to coincide with barrangal dyara (skin and bones) <a href="http://kaldorartprojects.org.au/project-32-jonathan-jones">by the artist Jonathan Jones</a>. <br> <br> <a href="http://kaldorartprojects.org.au/project-32-jonathan-jones">http://kaldorartprojects.org.au/project-32-jonathan-jones </a><br> <br> Sydney’s Garden Palace is now lost to living memory, however, in its day its grandeur dominated the skyline in Sydney. <br> <br> <br> <br> Sarah Morays obsession around the Sydney garden palace started some time ago when the stories began to reveal themselves during some detailed research at the State Library of New South Wales.<br> <br> From its construction, destruction, and opening in 1879 Sydney's Garden Palace captivated society in Sydney and visitors from around the world in so many ways.<br> Sydney's secrets from The Garden Palace<br> The Garden Palace was also home of one of the many new technologies of the time on display the elevator, was just one of these as the sizeable purpose-built exhibition building was constructed to house the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879.<br> <br> Dominating the skyline, the Garden Palace was a magnificent building.<br> <br> <br> <br> See <a href="http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/garden-palace">stories of the garden palace</a> on the New South Wales state library website for more details. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/garden-palace">http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/garden-palace</a><br> <br> The motto of the Sydney International Exhibition would prove tragically apt, Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites or ‘Newly risen, how brightly you shine’. <br> <br> The story of the garden palace started over 135 years ago. <br> <br> Constructed by John Young and designed by James Barnet the garden palace was built in only eight months. This was due to the electric lighting imported from England that allowed for construction around the clock.<br> <br> <br> <br> The building was over 244 meters long and had a floor space of over 112,000 meters with 4.5 million feet of timber, 2.5 million bricks and 243 tons of galvanized corrugated iron.<br> <br> The garden palace burnt down in 1882 taking with it many, many treasures, images and stories of the time and many of Sydney's secrets.<br> <br> Lost at the time were plans, papers and statistical records from census papers which were the work of 30 people over 13 months and the Australian Museum’s collection of Aboriginal artifacts were also lost. <br> <br> <br> <br> All exhibits for the Juvenile exhibition were burnt up along with 300 pictures that were the property of the Art Society. <br> <br> The loss to Linnaean Society whose library and collections were housed in the building was estimated at 3000 pounds. See <a href="https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2013/03/04/trial-by-fire-the-formation-of-the-powerhouse-museums-collections-from-the-ashes-of-the-garden-palace/">collections fro...</a>
