The Big Dig
The Big Dig
The Big Dig was 20 week long archaeological excavation carried out in 1994 at a site between Cumberland and Gloucester Streets in the Rocks, Sydney. In addition to over 3/4 million artefacts, evidence for 42 houses was uncovered. Archival research has been able to identify about 90 of the individual inhabitents, one of whom was George Legg, a convict on the First Fleet.
Inside the Rocks: The Archaeology of a Neighbourhood.
by Grace Karskens.
ISBN 0 86806 666 4
Keeping up with the McNamaras. A Historical Archaeological
Study of the Cumberland and Gloucester Streets site
by Penny Crook, Laila Ellmoos and Tim Murray.
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The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre
The Big Dig History
The Cumberland/Gloucester Street archaeological site(book), National Library of Australia
Cumberland Street Archaeological site, The Dirt on the Rocks
The Sydney Harbour YHA and the Big Dig
International Conservation Services
Dig reveals convict past, News.com.au
Assessment of Historical and Archaeological Resources of
the Cumberland and Gloucester Streets site, The Rocks, Sydney (pdf)