Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Rocks
, settled by convicts and
troops in 1788, is one of Sydney's
oldest neighbourhoods. Rich in
heritage, many of its old sandstone
buildings have been restored and
house speciality and craft shops.
THE ROCKS
AND CIRCULAR
QUAY
BOTANIC
GARDENS AND
THE DOMAIN
CITY
CENTRE
KINGS CROSS AND
DARLINGHURST
The Tank Stream
, the
colony's first water supply,
now runs underground
and spills into the quay.
LOCATOR MAP
See
Street Finder,
maps 1 & 2
Cahill
Expressway
Circular Quay
, originally and more accurately
known as Semi-Circular Quay, was the last and
arguably greatest convict-built structure. Tank
Stream mudflats were filled in to shape the quay,
and sandstone from The Rocks formed the sea wall.
The Wharf Theatre
resides
on a pier that took six years to
build, mostly due to the diver-
sion of labour and materials
during World War I. The
theatre was opened in 1984.
The wharves' design
included a rat-proof
sea wall around the
port. This was an
urgent response to the
1900 bubonic plague
outbreak, attributed to
rats on the wharves.
The wharves
were
completed in 1922.
Imports and exports
to and from the city
were stored in these
wharves until 1977.
