On The Rocks? Review ofThe Russell, Sydneyby
snowbunni
Advantages: Unsurpassed Location, Period Features, Friendly Staff Disadvantages: No Air-conditioning
...January 1788, he was on the verge of establishing the farthest outpost the British Empire had ever seen. Having surveyed the shoreline, he quickly decided upon a suitable area for a settlement, and his crew and convict charges disembarked at a sheltered, rocky area, beneath the site of the present day Harbour Bridge. In time, this area would become known as 'The Rocks'. In the century that followed, the early settlement grew into a village, initially ...
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