These photos of some early NSW historical sites illustrate our rich heritage.

History Services NSW has researched the history of all convicts who were transported to NSW and various other categories of historical information on individuals who resided in NSW prior to 1900. Click on the relevant icons on this website if you would like History Services NSW to search for information on your ancestor or area of historical research.

	Site of Government Cottage, at northern end of George Street (1796 – circa 1919)
Plaque commemorating the Government Cottage

	Green Hills Burial Ground (1806 – 1810). Convicts were buried here until 1834
	Monument erected at the Green Hills Burial Ground

Macquarie Arms Hotel (1815)
Plaque on wall outside the Macquarie Arms Hotel looking west and marking the height of the great flood of 1867 (see also photo of a plaque at Pitt Town)

	Plaque at site of Windsor Military Barracks
	Site of Windsor Military Barracks (circa 1818)

 

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