Now a richer history of Sydney's Hyde Park Barracks has lifted the lid on what everyday life for women was like at the former female immigration depot and asylum during the 19th century.
The barracks is World Heritage Listed for its convict history, but is equally important for the story of 19th century Australian immigration. After the end of convict transportation to New South Wales ...
convicts were moved to Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour and the former barracks were converted into the city's Female Immigration Depot. The Hyde Park Barracks Museum also served as a hostel for ...
Two women have been injured after a massive tree fell in Hyde Park in Sydney's CBD ... tree blocked two lanes of southbound traffic. Images of the cleanup process captured roughly half ...
Kimberley Connor has previously been a member of the Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee which preserves the history of the Irish Orphan Girls at Hyde Park Barracks. Sydney’s Hyde Park ...