Excellent museum explaining how convicts arrived in Australia and what happened to them. Lots of interesting artefacts and individual case histories all in the building where many stayed when they first arrived.
Hyde Park Barracks
Posted: Jul 14, 2015
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JazzyJune
5/5Outstanding
Was not expecting much from a free museum tour but was very pleasantly surprised and impressed by the 3 floors of exhibits. The location sensor based audio tour was informative and interactive. My favorite was the huge mural that came to life based on your proximity. my favorite
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Posted: Oct 20, 2023
yangduoduo17
4/5Excellent
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The Chenlan cabinet here shows the history of the first prisoners transferred to the Hyde Park Camp area in May 1819. Originally, it was home to 600 people, and the camp now displays the sleeping arrangements of the time two rows of hammocks in each room that can take you through the ordinary day in which prisoners live and let you feel the rules and regulations they must abide by. It’s a fun place, but one visit is enough.
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Posted: Oct 12, 2020
乐天的静
5/5Outstanding
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The museum experience was fantastic. There are many different kinds of exhibitions, interactive and informative. This place is an early example of Europe and Australia, showing not only human stories but also relevant scientific and archaeological processes in history. It's worth seeing.
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Posted: Mar 30, 2019
juki235
5/5Outstanding
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Hyde Park Barracks Museum is located in Hyde Park, Sydney, where many Australian barracks are exhibited in terms of equipment, life, training and so on. The country is very belligerent, so this kind of war museum is everywhere, and some of them are flooded. There's one thing I think is a little out of harmony in such a beautiful place as Hyde Park.
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Posted: Dec 8, 2016
崂山顽石
5/5Outstanding
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Hyde Park Barracks is a rare world cultural heritage in Australia and a place to review and witness Australia's development history. Over the past 200 years, the barracks have undergone several stages, including prison shelters, immigrant residences and courts. It's on Macaulay Street, north of Hyde Park. Walking or bus is available. Tickets for the elderly are A$5. From the third floor of the museum, we can see the life segments of the prisoners, such as the beds, tools of production, the main plots and sentences of the crimes, and the real life portraits of the Irish female immigrants. Australia is a modern country developed through prisoner exile and immigration. The Barracks Museum is an activity history textbook.
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