St Mary's Cathedral

In 1820 Father John Therry arrived in Sydney to officially minister to the Roman Catholics in Sydney. The day he arrived, he had a vision of a mighty church of golden stone dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary raising its twin spires above the city of Sydney. And 180 years later, it came to pass.
The first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia, John Polding, laid the foundation stone for the cathedral in 1868. Although the dedication Mass was held in 1882, the nave was only finished in 1928, the crypt in 1961, and the spires in 2000.
St Mary's Cathedral is oriented in a north–south direction rather than the usual east–west. The liturgical East End is at the north and the West Front is to the south. The entrance façade is loosely based on Notre Dame in Paris.
It was listed on the state Heritage register in 2004.