




Sydney Harbour Islands
This new guided tour provides a fascinating insight into the history of the 13 Sydney harbour islands, from Garden Island and the Royal Australian Navy base in the east, to Cockatoo Island, the prison-turned-dockyard in the west. The app includes a GPS-enabled map with each stop clearly marked, a range of multimedia and text detailing each islands’ past, and advice about accessing the islands. Estimated tour length: One day / at your own pace
By boat or ferry, on foot with friends or family, or from the comfort of your armchair, discover and enjoy unknown historical facts about these islands:
- Did you know Cadigal women collected oysters at a meeting place known as Tubowghule where the Sydney Opera House now stands?
- Why was Fort Denison known as ‘Pinchgut Island’?
- In the nineteenth century, Balmain and Glebe Point residents complained about the terrible smell coming from Glebe Island. The Royal Commission into Noxious and Offensive Trades in 1882 found that in one year alone, a staggering 524,415 sheep, 69,991 cattle, 31,269 pigs and 8,348 calves were slaughtered there.
- Did you know scavenger boats retrieved a range of detritus around Goat Island in 1904, including 2,189 dogs, 1,652 fowl, 1,033 cats, 29 pigs, nine goats and one monkey?
CREDITS
STOPS
- Introduction
- Tubowghule – Bennelong Island
- Mat-te-wan-ye – Fort Denison
- Booroowang – Garden Island
- Billong-olola – Clark Island
- Boambilly – Shark Island
- Me-mel – Goat Island
- Darling Island
- Glebe Island
- Berry Island
- Wareamah – Cockatoo Island
- Wareamah – Cockatoo Island
- Gong-ul – Spectacle Island
- Ar-ra-re-agon – Snapper Island
- Rodd Island
- The End

Detail from MS Hill's 1888 map 'The City of Sydney', a birds-eye view over the city looking to the south and west across Darling Harbour. http://dictionaryofsydney.org/image/97526