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Cadet at Snapper Island

New tour! Sydney Harbour Islands

Bennelong Point c1804, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (a1528483 / V1/1810/1)   The Dictionary of Sydney has launched a new tour! Following on from Convict Parramatta, we can now explore Sydney’s harbour islands on our mobile devices, from the Royal Australian…

Me-mel or Goat Island

Goat Island - Place of punishment for prisoners 1841. By Garling, Frederick. From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales a352003/DG*D14, f3, Dixson Galleries One of the things that Sydneysiders have traditionally done over the summer period, and…