Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Museums
9.30am – 5 pm
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Life at the Barracks – Between 1819 and 1848 more than 15 000 male convicts passed through Hyde Park Barracks. The majority were English and Irish men found guilty of theft. Their punishment was exile to the opposite side of the world.
Convict hulks: Life on the prison ships
4 August 2007 – 26 July 2009
Convict treasures on display in Australia for the first time — each a collector’s dream with a history and a secret to unlock
Rare convict artifacts recovered from the underwater excavation of the Bermuda hulk Dromedary (1824–91) will travel to Australia for the first time for a new exhibition Convict hulks: life on the prison ships at Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks Museum on display from 4 August.
Citizen Soldiers
The New South Wales Volunteer Rifles 1854 - 85
Until October 2009
Sydney's Hyde Park Barracks Museum is unearthing an important but little known aspect of Australia's military history with the new exhibition Citizen soldiers, looking at the New South Wales Volunteer Rifles - the 19th century volunteer force that shaped the reservists of today.
Curated by the Historic Houses Trust's Jane Kelso, Citizen soldiers features evocative relics of volunteer life including rare photographs, resplendent uniforms and regalia, rifles and bayonets, and memorabilia associated with their famed rifle matches.
Irish Orphan Girls
What do Ned Kelly, Slim Dusty, Paul Keating and Nicole Kidman all have in common?
Like 40% of Australians, they have Irish heritage. But behind this statistic was an ill-fated 'orphan scheme' - a short lived and controversial project that stands out from the great waves of Irish migration that followed it.
Venue
Hyde Park Barracks @ Queens Square, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Price
Adults $10, Child/ Conc $5, Family $20
Bookings
Tel: 02 9223 8922