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Stepson of a convict, George Allen became the colony's first locally trained lawyer, and a pillar of society.

Convict, carpenter, miller, trader and family man, Nathaniel Lucas made good in the colony and founded a large family.

Originally known as Flagstaff Steps, Agar Steps are located on the western side of Observatory Hill and connect Kent Street and Upper Fort Street.

Originally a rocky island used as a place of punishment for convicts, Fort Denison was built over and renamed when fortifications were constructed there in the mid-nineteenth century in an attempt to protect the city from seaborne invasion. Though the fort was never used for…

A painter and glazier who rose to Mayor and member of Parliament, SS Goold was also a deeply religious man.