海德公园军营
Francis Greenway was a convicted forger transported to Australia, but Governor Macquarie gave him a second chance—designing this barracks to house his fellow convicts from 1819-1848. Nearly 1,000 men lived here in overcrowded wards, sleeping in hammocks so tight you could reach out and touch your neighbor, their days beginning at 5 AM with a tolling bell. Convicts escaped anyway—one caught in the Hunter Valley was hanged with his entire gang—proving that even Greenway's 'delicate balance of freedom and restraint' couldn't contain desperate men.
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Historical View
1819
Designed by convict architect Francis Greenway
Housed over 50,000 British convicts between 1819-1848
UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2010
One of 11 Australian Convict Sites on the World Heritage List
Hours
10am - 5pm daily
Admission
$15 AUD adults, $8 AUD children
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