Heritage Festival 2025: The First and Biggest Estate

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This walking tour will uncover the fascinating stories of Annandale.

Stanmore Railway Station

History and Heritage

This is a collection of local history events that uncover the secrets and stories of the buildings and people of the Inner West.

Join local historian Mark Matheson for an exploration of South Annandale.The new colony at Sydney was a chaotic open-air prison. Lieutenant-Governor George Johnston tried to bring order to the anarchy by quelling the Irish convict riots as well as arresting the cantankerous Governor William Bligh.His farm at Annandale covered over 300 acres and was worked by convicts and his family held onto it —tooth and nail— for over a century.This walking tour looks at how his fairly dysfunctional family eventually —grudgingly– sold off the land to a variety of people who built modest and grandiose homes. <h3>Meeting Point: at the northern entrance to the pedestrian tunnel at Stanmore Railway Station.</h3><ul><li>This is a circular walk in a loop starting from and returning to Stanmore Station.</li><li>The walk is approximately 2 km in length and there are no stairs</li></ul><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1252656010849?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1252656010849?aff=oddtdtcreator">This event also runs on 14 May. Book here.</a>

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