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The first ships to bring British convicts to Australia dropped
anchor here. It was a gathering place for the Eora people,
who called it ‘Warrang’. The Eora people were banned from visiting
The first British governor, Arthur Phillip, had a house built here for Bennelong, an Aboriginal man who was first captured by the colonists but became a friend of the governor. Today it’s the site of the Sydney Opera House.
The Eora people called this area
‘Wuganmagulya’, where clans came together for ceremonies. Despite its
the site by the government in the late 1800s.
The governor’s house and one of the oldest buildings in Sydney.
importance, the British took it over and tried to grow crops, without
much success.
Part of the grounds of the governor’s house.
After the British arrived,
the main water source for the Gadigal people became too polluted to drink from any longer.
Girls were taught basic maths, reading and writing and trained to be domestic servants.
When the settlement was first built, the convicts lived in simple huts or tents. They were put to work building roads, houses and public buildings in the new settlement.
The first windmill was built on Flagstaff Hill to make flour for the colony. Windmills were the tallest buildings in Sydney at the time.
Sydney’s central park was named after a famous park in London, England.
Australia’s oldest museum.
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