Chinese Garden of Friendship

Chinese Garden of Friendship
Chinese Garden of Friendship
Traditional Chinese	誼園
Simplified Chinese	谊园
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	yì yuán
Wade–Giles	i yang
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	yi4 yang2
Jyutping	ji6 jyun4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	gī-hn̂g

Chinese Garden of Friendship
Chinese Garden of Friendship
	Chinese Garden of Friendship
	Location in the Sydney central business district
Type	Chinese garden
Location	1 Harbour Street, Sydney central business district, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°52′35″S 151°12′10″E / 33.8765°S 151.2028°E
Area	1.03 hectares (3 acres)
Created	1986–17 January 1988
Designer	Guangzhou Garden Planning & Building Design Institute; Tsang & Lee; Edmond Bull & Corkery;
Operated by	Place Management NSW
Visitors	230,000 (2016–17)
Status	Open all year
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Chinese Garden of Friendship
Type	State heritage (complex / group)
Designated	5 October 2018
Reference no.	2017
Type	Other – Landscape – Cultural
Category	Landscape – Cultural
Builders	Gutteridge Haskins & Davey; Darling Harbour Authority; Imperial Gardens; Leightons; Australian Native Landscapes;

The Chinese Garden of Friendship (simplified Chinese: 谊园; traditional Chinese: 誼園) is a heritage-listed 1.03-hectare (3-acre) Chinese garden at 1 Harbour Street, in the Sydney Central Business District, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Modelled after the classic private gardens of the Ming dynasty, the garden offers an insight into Chinese heritage and culture. It was designed by Guangzhou Garden Planning & Building Design Institute, Tsang & Lee, and Edmond Bull & Corkery. It was built between 1986-1988 by Gutteridge Haskins & Davey, the Darling Harbour Authority, Imperial Gardens, Leightons, and Australian Native Landscapes. The gardens were added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 October 2018.^[1]

The Chinese Garden of Friendship was designed by Sydney's Chinese sister city, Guangzhou. Its proximity to Sydney's Chinatown complements the area's already rich Chinese heritage and culture. The garden was officially opened 17 January 1988 as part of Sydney's Bicentennial Celebrations and named the Chinese Garden of Friendship symbolising the bond established between China and Australia.

The garden is located at the corner of Day Street and Pier Street, Darling Harbour, the former site of NSW Fresh Food and Ice Co.^[2]

^ "Chinese Garden of Friendship". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H02017. Retrieved 26 December 2019. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Chinese Garden of Friendship Statement of Significance". NSW Property. Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[nswshr-2017-1] "Chinese Garden of Friendship". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H02017. Retrieved 26 December 2019. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[2] "Chinese Garden of Friendship Statement of Significance". NSW Property. Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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