The Outbreak of the Plague

The Outbreak of the Plague is a memorial in Sydney, New South Wales. The Outbreak of the Plague is situated nearby to the pub Hero of Waterloo Hotel, as well as near the park The Paddock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Sydney Observatory.

Darling Harbour

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

Darling Harbour is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central Sydney. It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

Sydney Observatory

Museum

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

The Sydney Observatory is a heritage-listed meteorological station, astronomical observatory, function venue, science museum, and education facility located on Observatory Hill at Upper Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Observatory is situated 270 metres southwest of The Outbreak of the Plague.

Roslyn Packer Theatre

Theater building

The Roslyn Packer Theatre is a theatre in Millers Point, Sydney, Australia. It is a former cargo storage site from the 1830’s located on Hickson Road opposite Pier 6/7 on Walsh Bay. Roslyn Packer Theatre is situated 130 metres west of The Outbreak of the Plague.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Millers Point and The Rocks.

Millers Point

Suburb

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

The Rocks

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

The Rocks is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night. It is the historical precinct of central Sydney immediately to the north of the City centre on the western side of Sydney Cove, and where the First Fleet set up their first convict settlement.

The Hungry Mile

Neighborhood

The Hungry Mile is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in the Great Depression.

The Outbreak of the Plague

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “In 1900 bubonic plague broke out in Sydney. Arthur Payne, a lorry driver at the wharves who lived in a house near this site, was the first person to contract the disease. During cleansing operations much dilapidated housing in this part of The Rocks was d”
Category: historic site
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.85747° or 33° 51′ 27″ south

Longitude

151.20597° or 151° 12′ 22″ east

Open location code

4RRH46V4+29

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11640417263

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hero of Waterloo Hotel and The Paddock.

Nearby Places

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