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historicalwalkingtours COLONYCustomsHousetoMillersPoint Cover Photo: Gary Deirmendjian collection, City of Sydney Archives historicalwalkingtours page 1 COLONY CustomsHousetoMillersPoint The earliest European Sydneysiders – convicts, soldiers, whalers and sailors – all walked this route. Later came the shipping magnates, wharf labourers and traders. The Rocks and Millers Point have been Photo: Gary Deirmendjian collection, City of Sydney Archives overlaid by generations of change, Photo:Archives City of Sydney but amongst the bustling modern city streets remnants and traces of these early times can be found. Pubs and churches, archaeological digs and houses all evoke memories of past lives, past ways. Photo: Adrian Hall, City of Sydney Archives historicalwalkingtours page 2 COLONY CustomsHousetoMillersPoint i The Rocks The higgledy piggledy streets and narrow laneways which still define The Rocks record the first places the convicts and ex-convicts made their own. The Wharf d vision of the convicts living in barracks weighed d onR Theatre R ks n ic down by ball-and-chain is over-stated. Many more o H s k convicts simply worked for the government during 21 c Hi 34 the day and worked for themselves the rest of the time, building houses, opening shops, running pubs and creating a new life in The Rocks. Today Hick 33 35 The Rocks is a living museum and practically s on Rd every place has a story to tell. 31 32 Towns P Not to be missed: Lower Fort St l Pottinger St 35 Campbells Store 27 Da The 36 lg Hickson Rd e v ighway 36 ASNCo Building
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