Formerly the ‘Rum Hospital’ – oldest surviving public building in Sydney’s CBD

Built for a cost of 45,000 gallons of rum, The Mint is rich in history. It was originally part of Governor Macquarie’s ‘Rum’ hospital for convicts and later became the first branch of the Royal Mint outside London. Today The Mint is home to Museums of History NSW’s head office, the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Bullion café and a spectacular series of venue hire spaces.

10 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

The Mint

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10 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
  • Cafe
  • Wheelchair accessible
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Bullion Bar and Dining
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Bullion Bar and Dining launches at The Mint

The 200-year-old Mint building has welcomed a new dining era with the launch of Bullion Bar and Dining, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney opening on the first floor

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Black and white photo of a man working a coin press

If these walls could talk: The Mint

Charles Miller, Frederick Sydney Hoptroff, Arthur Kilgour, Edgar Upton, Oliver Whiting, Theophilus (Theo) Bowmaker and John Gilchrist were all employees of the Royal Mint’s Sydney branch. Between 1914 and 1918 they enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and their service is remembered with an honour board that hangs in the southern stair hall of The Mint

The Mint
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The changing face of the Mint

As photographers documented the evolving face of the Mint, they recorded changes to the site and streetscape

Large 2 storey building with deep verandahs, steps leading to lower verandah and bushes and driveway in the foreground.
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A rum deal

When Lachlan Macquarie began his term as governor of NSW in 1810, Sydney was in desperate need of a new hospital

Plants against a sandstone wall in the front garden of The Mint.
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Acanthus - an apt symbol for The Mint

Look at any classical building today, anywhere in the world and chances are you will find an acanthus leaf lurking somewhere

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