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Great Australian Clock – Queen Victoria Building

Great Australian Clock - Queen Victoria Building

The other clock in Sydney’s QVB – the Great Australian Clock. When it was completed in 2000 this was the world’s largest turret clock. It weighs in a 4 tonnes, and measures ten metres tall. This clock tells the history of Australia from both an Indigenous and Western perspective with 27 paintings, animation and special lighting.

  • Aperture: ƒ/2.8
  • Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
  • Taken: 20 September, 2009
  • Focal length: 7.9mm
  • ISO: 400
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Royal Clock – Queen Victoria Building

Royal Clock - Queen Victoria Building

The Royal Clock in the Queen Victoria Building (QVB), Sydney. The side windows show six animated scenes from British royal history on the hour.

The plaque reads: “By appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Turret Clockmakers Thwaites & Reed Ltd Hastings England”.

  • Aperture: ƒ/2.8
  • Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
  • Taken: 20 September, 2009
  • Focal length: 7.9mm
  • ISO: 400