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Argyle Stores 8
18-24 Argyle St, The Rocks.
Map 1 B2. Sydney Explorer, 431,

432, 433, 434.

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# 10am-6pm daily.

¢ Good Fri, 25 Dec. 6 7

The Argyle Stores consists of
a number of warehouses
around a cobbled courtyard.
They have been converted
into a retail complex of
mostly fashion and
accessories shops that retains
its period character.
Built between 1826 and the
early 1880s, the stores held
imported goods such as spirits.
All goods forfeited for the
non-payment of duties were
auctioned in the courtyard.
The oldest store was built for
Captain John Piper, but it was
confiscated and sold after his
arrest for embezzlement.

Façade of Cadman's Cottage, the oldest extant building in the city

Cadman's
Cottage 6
110 George St, The Rocks. Map 1
B2. Tel [phone].

Now, as a result of successive
land reclamations such as the
filling-in of Circular Quay in
the 1870s, it is set well back
from the waterfront.

@ 431, 432, 433

434. 9:30am-4:30pm Mon-Fri;

10am-4:30pm Sat & Sun.

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Westpac
Museum 7
6-8 Playfair St, The Rocks.
Map 1 B2. Tel [phone].

¢ Good

Fri, 25 Dec. 6

Dwarfed by the adjacent
Sailors' Home, of which it was
once part, this sandstone
cottage serves as the infor-
mation centre for the Sydney
Harbour National Park and has
information about guided
harbour tours. Built in 1816 as
a barracks for the crews of the
governor's boats, it is Sydney's
oldest surviving dwelling.
The cottage is named after
John Cadman, a convict who
was transported in 1798 for
horse-stealing. By 1813, he was
coxswain of a timber boat and
the following year received an
unconditional pardon. In 1821,
he was granted a full pardon.
Six years later, he was made
boat superintendent of govern-
ment craft and took up resi-
dence in the four-room cottage
that now bears his name.
Cadman married Elizabeth
Mortimer in 1830. She had also
arrived in Sydney as a convict,
sentenced to seven years trans-
portation for the theft of one
hairbrush. The couple, along
with Elizabeth's two daughters,
lived in the cottage until 1846.
When Cadman's Cottage was
built it stood on the foreshore
of Sydney Harbour. At high
tide, the water used to lap just
2.5 m (8 ft) from the door.

Sydney Explorer, 431, 432, 433, 434.
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9am-noon, 1-4pm Mon-Fri.

¢ public hols.

Argyle Centre from the courtyard

From 1817, when the “holey”
dollar was in circulation and
Sydney's first bank opened, to
present-day plastic credit cards,
this museum, located on the
first floor, traces the history
of banking in Australia. It also
covers the Olympic history in
1956 and 2000 as Westpac
was a sponsor of both of
these games. There is a self-
guided tour with interactive
and holographic displays but
this small museum can be
seen in less than an hour.

Garrison Church 9
Cnr Argyle and Lower Fort Sts, Millers
Point. Map 1 A2. Tel [phone].
@ 431, 433. # 9am-6pm daily.

6 7

Officially named the Holy
Trinity Church, this was
dubbed the Garrison Church
because it was the colony's
first military church. Officers
and men from various British

Bank of New South Wales one pound note from around 1830