Genealogy Australia

Since convict times the trade of Australia has flowed through Millers Point. When it was an exotic seaport village, whaling, sealing and sandalwood crews thronged the rowdy pubs. Its mansions housed merchant princes. Later, Millers Point was mostly peopled by wharfies and their families, scraping a living from "the Hungry Mile". Plague reached Sydney, and it was temporarily quarantined. Ever since, for better or worse, government action has determined the fate and fortunes of the historic district nestling below the approaches of the Harbour Bridge.

This new edition updates the Miller Point story as it undergoes further controversial development which is supposed to open the area to commercial prosperity, as well as preserving its unique heritage and character.

Contents:
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Conversions
Introduction
1. Early Millers Point to 1850
2. From 1850 to 1900
3. From 1900 to 1939
4. From 1939 to the Present
Postscript
Sources of Illustrations
Index