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Kent Street, Millers Point c1873

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Kent Street, Millers Point c1873

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Lord Nelson Hotel

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Three storey sandstone hotel in Colonial Regency style at 19 Kent Street, Millers Point. It is one of the oldest licensed hotels in the city and one of the few retained in Millers Point when properties were demolished following the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900. Thought to have been originally built as the home of William Wells on land granted to him in 1836.

Millers Point

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Inner-city suburb on the western side of the Harbour Bridge's southern approaches. It was named for the windmills that were built on its heights, and their owner, John Leighton, known as Jack the Miller.

Goat Island

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