Sydney’s historic harbour offers us great opportunities for exploring our colonial heritage. Although Cook recorded the existence of the port in 1770, it was Arthur Phillip who explored the harbour and founded a settlement at Sydney Cove. We explore Sydney Cove from settlement to now, and visit the sites that have made Sydney famous.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• Melinda Hinkson & Alana Harris, Aboriginal Sydney (Aboriginal Studies Press 2010)
• Graham Spindler, Sydney Strolls Lower North Shore (New Holland, 1999)
• Lucy Hughes Turnbull, Sydney - Biography of a city (Random House 1999)
• Almis Simankevicius, Macquarie’s Kingdom (Good Walking Books 2004)

COURSE OUTLINE

• James Cook; The First Fleet
• The First Peoples; The New Land
• European arrival; Sydney Cove
• Circular Quay; Customs House
• Sydney Ferries; Bennelong Point (Sydney Opera House)
• Development of Sydney Cove

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Have a greater understanding of Sydney Cove the traditional settlement of Sydney’s Historic Harbour.