Convict Sydney

14 Mar 2012-31 May ,

Museums,

Sydney

Explore the convict experience, from transportation to forging

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The Hyde Park Barracks is one of Australia’s most important convict sites. This new exhibition explores the convict experience, from transportation to forging a new life in the colony of New South Wales. It reveals the extraordinary contribution convict workers made to the building of early Sydney. Learn about the everyday lives of convicts who passed through the doors of the barracks between 1819 and 1848.

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Hyde Park Barracks Museum


Address
Queens Square, Macquarie St

Sydney 2000

Telephone 02 8239 2311

Price from $5.00 to $10.00

Date 14 Mar 2012-31 May

Open 9.30am-5pm

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