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HISTORY of SYDNEY - good website... http://www.visitsydneyaustralia.com.au/history-7-macquarie.htmlSydney maps: decade by decade... http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/c.php?g=671781&p=4728975Convict life in The Rocks... http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/29448/convict-life-in-the-rocks-sydneyA good selection of pictures: https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/convict-sydney/convicts-colony#gallery-1Colonial housing: http://myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1820/decade_landing_18.html?tabRank=3&subTabRank=4
The above map 'Plan de la Ville de Sydney', drawn by a visiting French artist, Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, in November 1802, shows the vicinity. I have indicated some current landmarks to help you orient yourself. http://sydney-eye.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/forgotten-nooks-brickfield-hill.html
Port Jackson - actual survey 1791
The Channel to Rose Hill from the beginning of the flats at the head of Port Jackson from the wharf where Stores are landed for Rose Hill- Survey'd 1 Jan 1790
Map of the settlement of Sydney, 1798
The road west
The road west
Detail of Plan de la ville de Sydney: Capitale des colonies Anglaises, aux terres Australes 1802 https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/the_road_west
James Meehan's 1803 map of Sydney, with the original Tank Stream marked.
Map of Sydney area land grants 1813
A plan of Governors Demesne Land [cartographic material] / surveyed in the year 1816 by C. Cartwright. Collection State Library NSW.
Plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney, August 1822. Nat. Library Australia
Map showing extent of settlement C1820
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