Self Guided Historical Walking Tour in Sydney

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1. The Gadigal people called this place Warrane. In 1788, eleven ships arrived carrying over a thousand desperate souls to an unknown land.

   10 min

2. Built in 1845 by workers who knew every stone. Despite the the opinion of some, the First Fleet didn't land here—but generations of Sydneysiders have passed through its doors.

   10 min

3. Mary Reibey arrived in chains at age 13. Isaac Nicolas was transported for theft. Both became respected businesspeople. How did they rebuild their lives from nothing?

   10 min

4. For a century (1820s-1920), sailors, convicts, and locals drank side by side. Get arrested? The Police Station was next door. But the police were often as crooked as the convicts themselves.

   10 min

5. The colony's first patients suffered here in canvas tents. Later, this narrow lane saw the colony's first street gangs clash.

   10 min

6. Francis Greenway was transported for forgery, yet designed some of Sydney's most beautiful buildings. Can a criminal successfully return to his chosen profession?

   10 min

7. Irish orphan girls, some as young as 14, arrived alone and terrified. Mary Driver was one. She made this street her home

   10 min

8. Convicts chiseled through 140 metres of solid rock with hand tools. Every chip tells a story of backbreaking labor.

   10 min

9. Long's Lane, Cribb's Lane, and Caracher's Lane - Beneath your feet: 33 homes where real families lived, loved, and struggled. Archaeologists found their cups, their toys, their secrets.

   10 min

10. Edward Riley was an ex-convict. How did he afford these terrace houses? The answer might surprise you.

    10 min

11. Jack Mundey mural - One union leader in the 1970s said "no." Without Jack Mundey's green bans, bulldozers would have erased all these stories.

    10 min

12. Ann Smith, a convict nurse, ran away. For years, male convicts "nursed" the sick. Imagine being cared for by them.

    10 min

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How it compares in Sydney

• Its from-price is 89% below the median of the 1000 experiences we list in Sydney.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Sydney

Sydney omslutter en glitrende naturhavn, med et berømt operahus med sejltage, gyldne surferstrande og et afslappet liv udendørs.

Sydney Opera House og Sydney Harbour Bridge vender mod hinanden over Circular Quay, hvor færger kommer og går. The Rocks, det gamle koloniale kvarter, har sandstenspubber og weekendmarkeder, og Royal Botanic Garden buer rundt om Farm Cove til Mrs Macquarie's Chair for den klassiske udsigt over begge vartegn.

Top-ranked sights in Sydney: Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Harbour.

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