Self Guided Historical Walking Tour in Sydney

Highlights

Leistungen

Ablauf

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.

Stornierung

Kostenlose Stornierung bis 24 Stunden vor Beginn, mit voller Rückerstattung.

Gut zu wissen

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 legt sich um einen glitzernden Naturhafen, mit berühmtem Opernhaus mit Segeldach, goldenen Surfstränden und entspanntem Leben im Freien.

Das Sydney Opera House und die Sydney Harbour Bridge stehen sich über Circular Quay gegenüber, wo Fähren kommen und gehen. The Rocks, das alte Kolonialviertel, hat Sandsteinpubs und Wochenendmärkte, und der Royal Botanic Garden schwingt sich um Farm Cove bis zu Mrs Macquarie's Chair, mit dem klassischen Blick auf beide Wahrzeichen.

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

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