The Rocks Architecture, Sydney, Australia (8 images)

Typical buildings from the "The Rocks" Area of Sydney, Australia.

Very soon after the first settlement in 1788, farming began to fail because sandstone was underlying, at a very shallow depth, most of the available flat land. This caused what amounted to a famine for the colony, and the early administrators sent groups of prisoners to an area nearby, named The Rocks, to eke out what ever existence they could from the land and build housing for themselves. These first...
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Typical buildings from the "The Rocks" Area of Sydney, Australia.

Very soon after the first settlement in 1788, farming began to fail because sandstone was underlying, at a very shallow depth, most of the available flat land. This caused what amounted to a famine for the colony, and the early administrators sent groups of prisoners to an area nearby, named The Rocks, to eke out what ever existence they could from the land and build housing for themselves. These first occupants soon hewed out sandstone from the outcrops and built simple houses.
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