Its present name derives from its use from 1885 to 1913 when it served as the residence for the Commander-in-Chief of the British Royal Navy's Australian Station. The grounds feature harbour foreshore fortifications including a battery, gunners' store, powder magazine and Marine Barracks dating from the 1850's.
The property that Admiralty House was built on had various owners one of them being the merchant Robert Campbell who bought the property in 1806. Robert Campbell built Duntroon (now the Royal Military College) and was the Grand-father of Frederick Campbell who at one time owned Government House.
In 1913, Admiralty House was loaned to the Commonwealth Government as a residence for the Governor-General when in Sydney. At the height of the depression in 1930, the Scullin Government closed Admiralty House and its contents were sold at public auction in 1931. In 1936, the Commonwealth Government re-opened Admiralty House as a Sydney residence for the new Governor-General, Lord Gowrie. Successive Governors-General have since used Admiralty House for that purpose.
Formal title to Admiralty House finally passed from New South Wales to the Commonwealth by Crown grant in 1948 on condition that the House is used only as a residence for the Governor-General.
Objects with maritime and naval associations have been sought and acquired by The Australiana Fund for Admiralty House.
The Marine Barracks
Admiralty House, Sydney
Admiralty House, Sydney
Admiralty House, Sydney
Admiralty House, Sydney
Admiralty House, Sydney
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