There are nine islands in Sydney Harbour:
- Clarke
- Rodd
- Goat
- Garden
- Spectacle
- Snapper
- Shark
- Cockatoo, and
- Fort Denison.
This is Fort Denison, originally known as "Pinchgut". It was a little mound of a thing, in the main channel, just off the end of Bennelong Point (where the opera house now is). The first colonial settlers banished to this island transgressors that they did not hang. Sans food. Hence, the colloquial name. The mound is no more, indeed, the island is covered with a tiny fort, with its Martello tower. It is very expensive to travel to. Hence, this is as close as I will take you. |
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