CONVICT SYDNEY - Exhibition on now

All kinds of crimes could get you a job on Macquarie Street…

Explore Australia’s convict history at the World Heritage Listed Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Learn about the forced transportation of convicts, their daily lives, and how they built the colony. Wander the streets of 1820s Sydney on our giant map, try on a set of leg-irons, lie in a convict hammock, look for your relatives on the convict database, and discover the intriguing stories of some of the 50,000 convicts who passed through the barracks doors between 1819 and 1848.

Hyde Park Barracks is a World Heritage site

Location: Queens Square, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
Contact: 02 8239 2311
Admission:  Adult $10 I Child/Concession $5
Hours: 9.30am — 5.00pm | Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day

Exhibition on:

Saturday 11 September, 2010 — Friday 31 May, 2013

Visit HHT.net.au for more details.