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Enjoyed the presentation by Ted, our guide who had our attention from start to finish on the... read more

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Interesting history and good tour

We enjoyed our tour of Susannah Place. Jeff was our guide and he was very knowledgeable. I now know... read more

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Reviewed 7 August 2019

Susannah Place Museum encapsulates tough working class life in The Rocks in the early to mid 1800s.Nearby lanes and buildings including Nurse`s Walk, Mission Stairs and Bakehouse Place are worth exploring. All fascinating !

Date of experience: August 2019
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Reviewed 3 August 2019

This tour of these historic buildings was great. Our tour guide,Ted, knew plenty about the buildings and it was a great way to fill in the afternoon.

Date of experience: July 2019
Thank Brett C
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Reviewed 21 July 2019 via mobile

The Susannah Place museum provides the visitor an opportunity to get a glimpse of what life was like for the people living in The Rocks area of Central Sydney from the late 1840s until the early 2000s. Susannah Place is actually 4 attached, 3-story apartments built by an Irish immigrant couple. Unlike most buildings in The Rocks in the 1840a, Susannah Place was built solidly of bricks, so survived the many years of wear. When most of the other original builds in The Rocks were destroyed as part of late 1900s urban renovation, Susannah Place remained standing as useable apartments. The final tenant moved only when the building was converted into a museum around 2005.

The tours of the museum are given between 1-3 each day. Guided tours only, so arrive on the hour. On the tour you learn the history of the building and see a video of conversation with former tenants. Very interesting.

You visit all 4 apartments during the tour, each set up as they might have looked during the buildings’ 150 years of tenants. It is a revealing and meaningful tour. Be prepared to walk up and down narrow stairs.

I really enjoyed this tour.

Date of experience: June 2019
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Reviewed 24 June 2019 via mobile

Great tour through a couple of old houses near Sydney harbour.
Very enthusiastic guide which provides a lot of interesting facts and stories about the living conditions in the 2 previous centuries.

Date of experience: June 2019
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Reviewed 9 June 2019 via mobile

Insights of all the rooms of the historical house of the Irish migrants family. Steve, my tour guide took me for a walk from 1844 til 1990. He explained everything and as I was the only attendee at this tour, it felt like we just had a chat. I could ask so many questions and he didn't stop me or tried to rush through the tour. He really took his time to explain the details to me, even if the tour was already longer than one hour. I felt really welcome and the people, who run this place, have a true passion to give the visitors a close insight of the history. In my opinion the best museum of the 12 Living Sydney Museums. I can picture the every day's life of those families so much better. Definitely worth a visit.
Thank you for this lovely tour.

Date of experience: June 2019
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