Australian Convict Sites, Sydney

Name: Australian Convict Sites
Address: Sydney, Australia

#1144 among attractions in Sydney

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Australian Convict Sites is a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries on fertile Australian coastal strips at Sydney, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, and Fremantle; now representing "...the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts." ()

Alternative names: Unesco: from 2010Area: 14.47 mi²Coordinates: 33°22'42"S, 150°59'38"E

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Baulkham Hills (Wisemans Ferry)Sydney Australia

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Australian Convict Sites – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Great North Road, Old Great North Road, Tobruk Sheep Station, Wisemans Ferry.

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Great North Road, Dharug National Park
1 min walk • The Great North Road is a historic road that was built to link early Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, now Australia, with the fertile Hunter Valley to the north.
0.9 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Old Great North Road, Dharug National Park
24 min walk • Old Great North Road is a heritage-listed section of former main road, now walking track and service road, between Wisemans Ferry and Mount Manning, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Surveyor-General Thomas Mitchell and built from 1826 to 1834 by convict road gangs.
3.4 miSW
33°25'20"S • 150°58'8"E
Tobruk Sheep Station, Sydney
86 min walk • Farm
0.7 miSW
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Wisemans Ferry, Sydney
18 min walk • Wisemans Ferry is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located 75 kilometres north north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of Hornsby Shire, The Hills Shire, City of Hawkesbury and Central Coast Council.