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Ben Boyd's yacht Wanderer, Sydney 1846

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Ben Boyd's yacht Wanderer, Sydney 1846

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Oswald Walters B Brierly

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Brierly, Oswald Walters B

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Sailing

Sydney's first European colonists clung to the coastline and looked to the harbour and the sea for survival. Early recreational sailing was a product of the city's function as a seaport town. Sailing has since adapted to reflect and contribute Sydney's changing culture and customs.

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Wanderer

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Schooner owned by Ben Boyd, who arrived in Sydney in 1842 and departed in 1849. She had previously been part of the Royal Yacht Squadron, used by the British royal family, and was the first true yacht to enter Sydney Harbour. She was wrecked in 1852 entering the Hastings River at Port Macquarie when she was returning to Sydney after Boyd had been killed in the Pacific Islands.

Farm Cove

Shallow bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, east of Sydney Cove. The flat land nearby was used by Aboriginal people as an initiation ground, and later became the first farm for the European colony.

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Sydney Harbour

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The largest arm of Port Jackson, which extends west from the Heads past Balmain and meets the estuaries of the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers.

Government House

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Governor's residence commissioned by Governor Bourke and constructed of local sandstone between 1836 and 1843 in the Gothic Revival style.

Boyd, Ben

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Entrepreneur in pastoral and whaling industries who was accused by some of trying to introduce slavery into NSW.