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Two day trip exploring Convict Trail and the Great North Road. First day stopping at St. Albans old cemetery after St. Albans and visiting Settlers Arm Inn build in 1836. In afternoon before settling for the night at Finchley campground visited aboriginal site located in Yengo National Park and accessible with 4wd. Second day quick stop to check Finchley lookout, morning coffee at the Great North Trading Post and lunch at Wollombi historic town.
Modern Australia was founded as a convict settlement. Banished from their homeland, men and women found themselves in a totally new environment – harsh, hot, dry and decidedly less fertile than the land they left behind. For many, the new colony provided an opportunity to become enterprising individuals who laid the foundation for a great nation. As the settlement grew, convicts were sent to build infrastructure such as roads and bridges and to open new industries. The Convict Trail is a monument to these former felons, and a tribute to their work.
Between 1804 and 1822 convicts who committed another crime after arriving in the Colony had been banished to the penal settlement at Newcastle, then only accessible by sea. In 1826 re-offending convicts were put to work on one of 19th century’s greatest engineering feats in Australia – the Great North Road.
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