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85 Gloucester Street

Fennelly Terraces

Fennelly Terraces in 1901, numbers 79 to 93 going from right to left of the image
NSW State Archives and Records
Digital Id: 4481_a026_000202

Architectural plans for 83-87 Gloucester Street, courtesy of Mitchell Library

Constructed: c1835
Demolished: 1902

Two storey terraced brick house

Owners
1865-1890 Patrick and Catherine Fennelly
1902 resumed by the State Government

Further Information

Gloucester Street photographs Charles Bertie Collection
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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