118 Cumberland Street

1901 Looking down Cumberland Place from Cumberland Street
John Simpson's general store is on the right
NSW State Archives and Records Authority,
Digital ID: 4481_a026_000023

John Simpson's general store 1901 by Charles H. Bertie
The Charles H. Bertie Pictorial Collection, State Library of NSW (Mitchell Library)

The bakery was established in the 1830s by Robert Berry. It was common for families in the area to get their sunday lunches cooked in the bakery's ovens.
By 1900 it had become John Simpson's general store.

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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118 Cumberland Street

Berrys Bakery/John Simpson's general store

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