Ann Armsden (nee Brophy) was found guilty of highway robbery and arrived in Sydney in 1790 as a convict aboard the Lady Juliana. In 1795 she and George Legg, a convict from the First Fleet, built a house on the site. He drowned in 1807 and in 1810 she married George Talbot at St. Philip’s Anglican Church. In 1834 Anne Armsden and George Talbot are admitted to the Benevolent Asylum. Anne Armsden dies in 1835 and George Talbot in 1837.
Ann Armsden Convict Records
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.
Cumberland Street Dig Site - Archaeology, Heritage and Conservation Register
The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre
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