Murder, Mystery and The Bohemian at Historic Locations Sydney

Sydney's past history is rich in stories. Among the hidden alleys and secret passages of this city, a wide range of artists, criminals, strippers, prostitutes and activists to share your life.

This is the city which comes alive because of anarchy and rum monopoly during colonization. Sydney then turned into a city with criminal gangs, brothels and the mysterious murder case. But the history of the city also involves the artists, writers, and secret groups.

Here are some places that sreing be where the characters from the past Sydney.

1. Hero of Waterloo, The Rocks

One of the oldest pubs in Sydney, the Hero of Waterloo became a favorite hangout for the soldiers in the 1840s.

Rum smugglers also liked the hotel which was built by the prisoners. Underground tunnel connects the hotel to the harbor, so that the smugglers could safely transport the goods.

This tunnel also has other uses, as already mentioned above, forcibly recruiting young men to become sailors.

According to local legend, the men are drunk in the bar would then be dropped through the trap door to the basement, dragged through the tunnel, and when they wake up the next morning, they were already on ships at sea.

2. Elizabeth Bay House, Elizabeth Bay

Beautiful house which became the center of the party and now a museum.Mendapat nickname of "most beautiful house in the colony", Elizabeth Bay House, site of big parties in the 1830s.

But a century later, Regency-style house on the edge of this port becomes the host for the different parties.

From 1928-1935, this house became illegal residence for artists such as Wallace Thornton and Wolfgang Cardamatis.

In the 1940s, there are 16 bedrooms in this house. Donald Fried artists also lived here and draw a sketch of a wild party with guests glide on the stairs of the house.

Now, Elizabeth Bay House was opened to the public as a museum.

3. The Suez Canal, The Rocks

These gangs had become penjahat.Harrington Lane groups' operations are now more commonly known by the name of the Suez Canal (a play on the "sewers" or sewer). In the 1870s this area was the domain of criminal gang Rocks Push.

These gang members consist of former prisoners, the homeless, and prostitutes. They will challenge rivals to fight over territory, came to the brothel in the vicinity and the place of opium smoking, and engaging in petty crime. Drunken sailors who often become victims of these gangs, after being seduced by a female gang member. The sailors were then attacked and robbed.

The destruction of this region in the early 1900s the main cause of the gang end of the rule, but the Suez Canal remained standing.

Suez Canal is located between George and Harrington streets. For more information, visit: http://www.shfa.nsw.gov.au/

4. Curlew Camp, Mosman

Locations that inspired some of the finest works of art under Australia.Di Taronga Zoo, on the east coast of Little Sirius Cove, a settlement in the 1880s by emerging artists.

Known as the Curlew Camp, artist Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts is part of those who once lived here and created their famous paintings.

In this place once stood a dozen tents, including one for dinner, complete with dance area and a small piano.


Visitors can follow in the footsteps of the artists in this place in the tour Mosman Council's Curlew Camp Artists' Walk.


5. East Village Hotel, Darlinghurst

The East Village is the place to drink a criminal gang "Razor Gangs." Razor Gangs dominate the world of crime Sydney in the 1920s. They like to hang out at the Tradesmen's Arms - bloody house now turned into a Hotel East Village.

Two madam Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine became host to two major gangs with a razor blade main weapon, to leave scars on their victims.

Devine spent his life in a pub - because about 30 or more brothels he owned only a few blocks along Palmer Street.


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