Sydney Historical Walking Tours
Experience history through the places and stories around you.
Explore local history through guided walks that bring historical events, people, and places to life. These courses connect historical knowledge with real-world locations, offering an engaging and accessible way to experience history in context.
Liverpool Pioneer Memorial Park: Stories from the Cemetery
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Liverpool Pioneer Memorial Park: Stories from the Cemetery
<p>Beneath the quiet ground of Liverpool Pioneer Memorial Park lie the stories of people who helped shape New South Wales. This guided course uncovers dramatic, moving and sometimes surprising lives
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Razorhurst: Crime Queens, Razor Gangs and the Underworld
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Razorhurst: Crime Queens, Razor Gangs and the Underworld
<p>Enter the violent, colourful world of Razorhurst, where Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine ruled rival criminal empires across Kings Cross, Darlinghurst and Surry Hills. This course brings to life the
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Campbelltown: Discover a Hidden Macquarie Town
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Campbelltown: Discover a Hidden Macquarie Town
<p>Campbelltown is one of New South Wales' hidden historical treasures. Beyond its well-preserved nineteenth-century streetscape lie the stories of remarkable figures including Caroline Chisholm,
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Wilkie Collins in Sydney: Fiction Meets Colonial History
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Wilkie Collins in Sydney: Fiction Meets Colonial History
<p>Wilkie Collins' sensational novels captivated readers throughout the nineteenth century—including many in colonial Sydney. This walking tour explores locations around Macquarie Street, Hyde Park,
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Old South Head Road Coastal Walk
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Old South Head Road Coastal Walk
<p>Explore one of Sydney's most beautiful coastal walks while uncovering centuries of history. From dramatic ocean views and famous shipwrecks to Watsons Bay, grand villas and stories of explorers,
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Kirribilli - Water, Stone and Tree
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Kirribilli - Water, Stone and Tree
<p>Just north of the major settlement of colonial Sydney Town, a small community developed slowly around significant land purchases by Robert Campbell and later James Milson. In time some grand marine
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Grand Estates of Vaucluse: Sydney's Colonial Harbour Mansions
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Grand Estates of Vaucluse: Sydney's Colonial Harbour Mansions
<p>The magnificent estates of Vaucluse, Greycliffe and Strickland House tell the story of Sydney's colonial elite and their relationship with one of the world's great harbours. This guided walk
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South Head: Guardian of Sydney Harbour
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South Head: Guardian of Sydney Harbour
<p>South Head has welcomed ships into Sydney Harbour for more than two centuries. This fascinating guided walk explores the Hornby Lighthouse, military fortifications, Camp Cove, the Marine Biological
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Victorian and Federation Sydney - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
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Victorian and Federation Sydney - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
<p>This guided walking tour explores Sydney’s Victorian and Federation-era architecture in the heart of the CBD. We examine how buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries reflect changing
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Art Deco and More - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
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Art Deco and More - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
<p>Sydney’s CBD contains a rich collection of Art Deco and early modern buildings that reveal changing ideas about style, progress and city life. This guided walking tour explores landmark structures
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