The Barracks Entrance

The Convict Exhibition

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December 28th 2011
After a morning at the travel agent finding out about options for Tours around Australia for later in our travels, we went to the Convict Exhibition at the Hyde Park Barracks. The exhibition told the story of how the barracks were used to house Convicts in the 1800’s who were put to work doing manual labour around Sydney. They were given only 2 meals a day, soup and porridge and shackled togeth ... 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