Housing

From about 1790, the convicts in Sydney built houses in a neighbourhood called **The Rocks**. This area is next to where Circular Quay and the Sydney Opera House are today.

See map: http://g.co/maps/ufbaa

Listen in to this presentation: http://splash.abc.net.au/media/-/m/29448/convict-life-in-the-rocks-sydney

It was a fairly free community with few restrictions on daily life. Families were able to live together and establish a family home. Some businesses were even opened by convicts still under sentence. These businesses were operated from the houses.

The Rocks became an area of crime, so in 1819 Governor MacQuarie built **Hyde Park Barracks**, which provided greater security.

Those convicts sent to work in other towns or in the bush were often given food and lodging by their employer.

The road projects and penal colonies offered far less comfortable accommodation, often with 20 people crammed into a small hut.

Source: http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/pacific/australia/convict_australia/convict_life.php http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/08/10/3290390.htm

Find out more about Hyde Park Barracks: http://www.hht.net.au/museums/hyde_park_barracks_museum

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