Gidan Kwastam, Sydney

Gidan Kwastam, Sydney wani wuri ne da aka lissafa a matsayin gidan tarihi, wurin jan hankalin baƙi, gine-ginen kasuwanci da wurin wasan kwaikwayo wanda ke yankin Circular Quay a lamba 45 Alfred Street, a yankin kasuwanci na tsakiyar Sydney, Ostiraliya. Ginin ya kasance gidan kwastam kafin Tarayyar Turai sannan kuma a matsayin babban ofishin ayyukan New South Wales na hukumar Gwamnatin Ostiraliya Ma'aikatar Ciniki da Kwastam (da magadanta) har zuwa 1988. An mayar da aikin kwastam zuwa wani sabon wuri a 1990. Tsarin farko Mortimer Lewis ne kuma an gina shi a 1845 a ƙarƙashin gwamnatin Gwamna Sir George Gipps. Hakanan ana kiransa Gidan Kwastam (tsohon) da Wurin Tsohon Gidan Kwastam. An ƙara wurin zuwa Jerin Gado na Commonwealth a ranar 22 ga Yuni 2004;  da kuma zuwa Rijistar Gado na Jihar New South Wales a ranar 2 ga Afrilu 1999. 

An mayar da mallakar ga Majalisar Birnin Sydney a shekarar 1994, lokacin da ya zama wurin baje kolin kayan tarihi da kuma bukukuwa na sirri. Bayan an gyara shi a shekarar 2003, ya kuma zama sabon gidan Laburare na Birnin Sydney. Bene na ƙasa na ginin yana da  samfurin tsakiyar birnin Sydney da aka gani ta cikin bene mai gilashi. Modelcraft ce ta gina wannan samfurin a shekarar 1998 kuma yana da nauyin tan ɗaya. Hotunan nau'ikan ginin daban-daban a tsawon tarihinsa kuma an nuna su a ƙasan bene.

 Tarihi 
An ce mutanen ƙabilar Eora sun shaida saukar rundunar farko a wurin a shekarar 1788. An rataye wani mai laifi David O'Connor a wurin a shekarar 1790 kuma an ce fatalwarsa tana kai hari ga Gidan Kwastam har zuwa yau, tana ba wa mutane giyar rum. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2010)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]

An gina gidan kwastam na farko a Sydney a shekarar 1800.Ross, John (editor in chief) (1993), Chronicle of Australia, Melbourne, Chronicle Australasia, p.113.  Barker, Anthony (2000), What happened when; a chronology of Australia from 1788, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, p.18.  Ana tsammanin wurin yana kusa da wurin da aka sauka da kuma wurin da aka ɗaga tutar hukuma a lokacin isowar Rundunar Soja ta Farko a shekarar 1788. Wannan lamari ya nuna harsashin mulkin mallaka na New South Wales. Gine-gine sun mamaye wurin tun daga lokacin.  

Babban abin da ya haifar da gina ginin dutsen yashi na baya a kan Circular Quay shi ne Kanar John George Nathaniel Gibbes, Mai Tattara Kwastam na New South Wales na tsawon shekaru 25 daga 1834 zuwa 1859. Kanar Gibbes ya shawo kan Gwamnan New South Wales, Sir George Gipps, da ya fara gina Gidan Kwastam a 1844 saboda karuwar cinikin teku a Sydney. Aikin ginin ya kuma ninka a matsayin matakin rage rashin aikin yi ga masu ginin dutse da ma'aikata a lokacin koma bayan tattalin arziki wanda ya addabi yankin a lokacin.
An zaɓi wurin da ke Circular Quay a shekarar 1843 don ɗaukar nauyin Hukumar Kwastam don yankin da ke bunƙasa cikin sauri. Su ne ke da alhakin duk wani shigo da kaya da fitar da su, fitar da kayayyaki daga ƙasashen waje, kula da shige da fice, sarrafa abubuwan maye da kayayyaki marasa kyau kamar littattafai da fina-finai. A lokacin yaƙin, wannan ya haɗa da abubuwan da suka samo asali daga maƙiya, ko kuma suna da ra'ayoyin gurguzu ko gurguzu.[1] Saboda haka, an haɗa wuraren ajiya, gudanarwa da harkokin jama'a a cikin ƙirar ginin. Yayin da ciniki ya ƙaru, haka ma matsin lamba kan sarari a cikin Gidan Kwastam aka gina sabbin fikafikai biyu tsakanin 1883 da 1889. Waɗannan fikafikan sun samar da masauki ga Ofishin Sufuri da Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Ruwa.[2] [3] Gidan Kwastam ya buɗe don kasuwanci a 1845 kuma ya maye gurbin wuraren da ke da cunkoso a The Rocks. An wargaza shi kaɗan kuma an faɗaɗa shi zuwa matakai uku a ƙarƙashin kulawar Mai Zane-zanen Mulkin Mallaka na wancan lokacin, James Barnet, a cikin 1887. An yi ƙarin abubuwa daban-daban a cikin ƙarni na gaba, musamman a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, amma akwai wasu muhimman abubuwan da suka rage na ainihin ginin Gibbes-Lewis.

 Bayani 
Mortimer Lewis ne ya tsara ginin mai hawa biyu na Georgian kuma yana da tagogi goma sha uku masu tsada a fuskar ginin don ba da damar ganin ayyukan jigilar kaya a Sydney Cove . Kanar Gibbes, wanda ke zaune a gaban Circular Quay a kan Kirribilli Point, ya sami damar kallon ci gaban ginin Gidan Kwastam daga barandar gidansa na kansa, Gidan Wotonga (wanda yanzu shine Gidan Admiralty ).
Rufin rufin gini ne mai faɗi a kan manyan sandunan gini waɗanda aka gama da tayal ɗin Marseille na ƙasar Ostiraliya. Manyan ramukan kwalaye suna kewaye da rufin 1903. 

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