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| The Rocks is the area to which the convicts were assigned when Sydney was founded in 1788. It was steep, rugged, and barren. The convicts were not locked up, neither night, nor day. Being banish-ed to the end of the world was considered punishment enough. Today, this area is much sanitised. Not totally bull-dozed, but probably unrecognisable even to folk who lived there in 1900. |
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5 comments:
It makes you wonder what they would have thought of things like the Opera House.
ben though it probably has changed a lot since then it is good to see the old buildings preserved, I love visiting that area. I find something new each time. Carol works close by on one of the trendy wharves.However, she is in Japan at the moment on the last leg of their 4 month trip around the world.
It is a fascinating area Julie. On the few occasions I have been there it has been eerily quiet.
I am still working my way through The Fatal Shore. Have been distracted by other books.
Good laneway shot
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