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Boundary post No 1 - Bourke Street and Plunkett Street 2007

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Rickwood, Peter

Peter Rickwood is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at UNSW and President of the Blue Mountains Historical Society Inc.

Sydney's Boundary Markers

When Sydney was declared a town, Governor Bourke had eight stones erected to mark the boundaries. Less than a decade later, Governor Gipps declared Sydney to be a city, marking out the boundaries of the 1842 wards with a series of cast iron posts. Where are those early markers now?

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Woolloomooloo

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Once a desirable bayside address east of central Sydney, the area grew more congested and grimy as the wharves expanded and the boarding houses and pubs gave refuge to larrikin gangs and petty criminals. Though now bisected by freeways and rail it is slowly reclaiming its heritage and character with extensive residential development and sympathetic landscaping.