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Garden Island c1870s

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Garden Island c1870s

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State Library of New South Wales

[a089876 / SPF/876]

(Mitchell Library)

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Garden Island

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Island in Sydney Harbour given by Arthur Phillip to the crew of the Sirius to grow their vegetables By 1858 it had become a naval base and was joined to the mainland by the construction of the Captain Cook Graving Dock in 1942.

Sydney Harbour islands

Originally 14 sandstone outcrops in the harbour. Five former islands, Garden, Bennelong, Darling, Glebe and Berry Islands, have been joined to the mainland. Two more were joined to form Spectacle Island in the 1860s. The other remaining islands are Shark, Clark, Fort Denison, Goat, Cockatoo, Snapper and Rodd Islands.

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