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Cumberland Street, The Rocks c1860-1887

By
William Andrews
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1528572 / SV1/St/Cumb/1]

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Andrews, William

State Library of New South Wales

The Rocks

Called Tallawoladah by the Cadigal, The Rocks was the convicts' side of town after Europeans arrived, and kept some of its unruly, disreputable air into the twentieth century. Residents' action saved it from destruction in the 1970s, and now a tourist attraction, The Rocks miraculously escaped both high-rise and grid.

Colonial architecture

Pedestrians

Roads

The Rocks

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Suburb located north of the central business district on the western shore of Sydney Cove. Characterised by a precinct of restored nineteenth-century buildings which are a major tourist attraction, it was recognised as a separate suburb in 1993.