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Woodford Bay (Nichols Bay, Longueville) - Military barracks

Placename: Woodford Bay (Nichols Bay, Longueville) - Military barracks
Layer: Convict Landscapes - Australia and Norfolk Island
Link back to source:: https://convictlandscapes.com.au/australia/
Type: Other

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Latitude: -33.828369
Longitude: 151.175233
Start Date: 1794
End Date: 1800

Description

Question as to whether there was a stockade with a small military detachment established near here to protect convict shell-burners, grass-cutters and timber-getters from Aboriginal attack. 'A few years later [mid 1790s?] a wharf and road were constructed from the Bay by Isaac Nichols, first postmaster of NSW. It was protected by a small stone and timber stockade, the foundations of which remain under a house in Kellys Esplanade'. http://visitsydneyaustralia.com.au/longueville.html. Further research required to verify.

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