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Brickfield Hill and village on the High Road to...

Brickfield Hill and village on the High Road to Parramatta c1797

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Dayes, Edward

National Library of Australia

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Starting as a tiny settlement on the edge of a great continent, Sydney developed roads as Europeans moved out into the hinterland. They became gateways to the port and city that Sydney Town grew into.

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Area south of early Sydney which was used for brickmaking from the start of settlement and subsequently developed into a commercial area. It remained a distinct locality until the 1970s.