Today I had an an amazing experience, and I just want to share it. My daughter in law (who is an archeologist) took me onto an archeological dig site in the area known as The Rocks by Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was one of the first places settled by Europeans in the 1780 and 1790s, and an the history of an entire community has been uncovered.
To see the remains of the early houses, hotels, lanes, wells etc and talk about all the information that has been discovered about this community was amazing. It was a small area in which over 300 people lived, and the names of quite a few of them are known, and family links have been traced down to present day people.
I couldn't help but imagine how it would feel to suddenly be presented with this kind of information and experience, and to be able to stand and gaze and even walk into the remains of the tiny dwelling place that your ancestors......many of them of convict origins......would have lived in.
I took some photographs......in the one I am posting the excavation in the foreground on the right was an old hotel.....you can see the steps going down into the cellar.
Lots of information about it can be found at
http://sydneyharbouryha.com.au/site_history/......dee
