Hyde Park Barracks Museum

Glad that Sydney is quite big

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October 24th 2009
Our third weekend here in Sydney. This weekend we toured around Sydney - Sydney Chinatown, more CBD, Paddington, Bondi Beach. Visiting Sydney on the weekend is very different. Weekend markets are very popular here - fashion and jewelries by local designers, arts and paintings, etc. We also visited the Hyde Barracks Museum. This building is once home to many prisoners, old but well-maint ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more