116 Cumberland Street

1901 Looking down Cumberland Place from Cumberland Street
The Australian Hotel is on the left
NSW State Archives and Records,
Digital ID: 4481_a026_000023

The Australian Hotel 1901 by Charles H. Bertie
The Charles H. Bertie Pictorial Collection, State Library of NSW (Mitchell Library)

Built c1861 the Plymouth Arms Inn was run by Thomas Share and his wife Jane Berry sister of Robert Berry. The Plymouth Arms Inn was later renamed the Australian. The building was demolished in 1913.

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 (pdf)
by Penny Crook, Laila Ellmoos and Tim Murray.

Assessment of Historical and Archaeological Resources
of the Cumberland and Gloucester Streets site, The Rocks, Sydney (word doc)
by Penny Crook, Laila Ellmoos and Tim Murray.

Pieces of the Past Teacher Resource Pack

Cumberland Street Dig Site NSW Heritage & Conservation Register
The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre Sydney Harbour YHA
Cumberland Street Archaeological site The Dirt on the Rocks
Sydney Harbour YHA International Conservation Services
Rocks Walking Tours
Dig reveals convict past News.com.au

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116 Cumberland Street

The Plymouth Arms Inn/The Australian Hotel

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