The Avery Building was the headquarters of the

New South Wales Police Force The New South Wales Police Force (NSW Police Force; previously the New South Wales Police Service and New South Wales Police) is the primary law enforcement agency of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Divided into Police Area Commands (P ...

, Australia from the 1970s until 2004, when a new headquarters building was opened at

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in conjunction with police executive offices located in

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. The Avery Building was named after long-serving Police Commissioner

John Keith Avery John Keith Avery, (7 August 1927 – 19 May 2018) was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1984 to 1991. Commissioner of New South Wales Police John Keith Avery was the 17th leader of the organisation and the 10th person know ...

, who led the organisation from 1984 to 1991, after his retirement. The building is a tall white structure, about 20 stories tall, located on

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overlooking

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. The library at the New South Wales Police College has been named The J.K. Avery Resource Centre in recognition of former Commissioner Avery. Since the New South Wales Police vacated the Avery Building it remained vacant for several years. In May 2007 it was announced that it would be converted into apartments. The development application was approved by the

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Council in December 2007 - DA 2007/1548. The building will contain 87 residences in a mix of 1, 2, and 3+ bedroom apartments, and is being marketed as "The Residence, Hyde Park". The architect of the redesign is Scott Carver Architects. The development was featured in the March 2009 edition of Belle magazine.

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