Admiralty House is the official Sydney residence of the Governor-General of Australia. It is located in Kirribilli, on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour adjacent to Kirribilli House, which is the Sydney residence of the Prime Minister.
The local aboriginal tribe, 'Cammeraygal' knew the area as a fertile fishing ground, and called it "Kiarabilli", (good fishing spot), while the tribal name was later adapted for the suburb of Cammeray.

Originally named 'Wotonga' the large sandstone mansion has spectacular views across Sydney Harbour to the city skyline, Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.
The original house was a private dwelling, built in 1843, by Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes, Collector of Customs for New South Wales and a portrait of him from 1808, hangs in the house. It later served as the residence for the Commander in Chief of the Royal Navy's Australian Squadron from which the name Admiralty House was introduced.

Thomas Muir, a Scots constitutional reformer, was sentenced to transportation for sedition In 1794 and granted 120 acres (0.5 sq km) of farmland across the harbour from his cottage at Circular Quay. The grant covered all of Kirribilli which he named 'Hunter's Hill' after his father's home in Scotland. In 1796, he escaped the colony on an American brig and never returned.
In 1800 the property , was granted to a Robert Ryan for services in the Marines and in the New South Wales Corps. A year later it passed into the hands of merchant Robert Campbell who built Australia's first shipbuilding yards in 1807, where the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, is.
The property was used for grazing by Campbell's friend James Milson, after whom 'Milson's Point', the next point west from Kirribilli is named. In 1842, five acre of the site was leased to Gibbes to build a home on the site.
Between 1842 and 1843, a single-storey house with wide verandahs which Gibbes designed and named "Wotonga" was constructed. Local stone and timber was used and Gibbes engaged James Hume, a well known builder to supervise the construction of the building and stables.
Completed, the house featured a double facade to maximise the building's magnificent, sweeping views across Sydney Harbour and monitor shipping traffic in and out of Darling Harbour and Circular Quay, where the Customs House was.

Robert Campbell died in 1849 and the executors sold the house and five acres of land, to Gibbes for about £400. On 27 December 1851, Gibbes sold the property to James Travers, a merchant of Macquarie Place, for £1,533. In 1854 a little over an acre of the land was sold to Adolph Feez and Kirribilli House was built next door. This now serves as the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.

Admiralty House and Kirribilli House are usually open to the public once a year in spring.
Admiralty House is the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia, and visiting overseas dignitaries including the Royal Family, American President and the Pope.

Interior Design
The ground floor features two reception rooms, a dining room,study, and an elaborate central staircase. The residential rooms are on the upper floors.
It is furnished with colonial furniture, porcelain and numerous historical artworks such as portraits of Captain James Cook and former Governors-General including Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson. Many were acquired for the nation by The Australiana Fund.

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