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Sydney Parish of Alexandria - Sketch shewing the occupation on the Crown Lands to the Eastward of the Woolloomooloo Gaol 31 August 1847

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State Archives & Records New South Wales
[NRS-13886-1-[X759]-Volume 5 Part 1-28]
(Surveyor General sketch book Sketch book 5 folio 10 )

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.

Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.

 

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Darlinghurst

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Inner suburb to the east of the city which has been home to both gentry and underclass. The former Darlinghurst Gaol is now the National Art School.

Darlinghurst Gaol

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Sydney's main gaol from its opening in 1841, later used as an internment camp, technical college and art school.

Oxford Street

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Street running south-east from Sydney's centre as far as Bondi Junction, along the line of a Aboriginal walking track, which became an important commercial area and was renamed after the famous London shopping street. Originally part of South Head Road built in 1811, this section was renamed in 1875.

Taylor Square

Locality on the border of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills where Oxford Street meets Flinders and Bourke streets near Darlinghurst Courthouse which is a hub of the city's nightlife.

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Green, Alexander

Convict who was appointed the public executioner of Sydney Town and the colony of New South Wales, responsible for almost 490 executions from January 1828 to May 1855, when he was committed to a lunatic asylum.

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