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Goat Island - Place of punishment for prisoners 1841

By
Frederick Garling
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a352003 / DG*D 14, f3]
(Dixson Galleries)

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Garling, Frederick

Customs official and marine artist.

State Library of New South Wales

Goat Island

Goat Island stands tall and proud in the centre of Sydney Harbour. It has many traces of heritage left over from the convict and industrial past.

Islands of Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour once had 14 islands. These were outcrops and the peaks of steep hills left uncovered as the sea level rose, between 10,000 and 6,000 years ago, flooding an ancient river valley and forming the harbour that exists today

Punishment

Goat Island

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Referred to as 'Me-mel' ('eye') by Aboriginal people, Goat Island stands at the entrance to Darling Harbour.