The Virtual Sydney Rocks Guidebook

Entire Site - Bus Parking Station

Bus Park

Dates: 1950s - 1972

The site was razed again in the 1950s and used as a bus parking station until 1972.

Further Information

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

Big Dig Buildings
The Big Dig
Big Dig People
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