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The Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool is
a favourite bathing spot for inner-city
residents, and is named after the the rockS
16-year old who won an Olympic and circular
quay
gold medal in 1924. It was erected botanic
in 1963 on the Domain Baths’ site, gardenS and
which had a grandstand for 1,700. the domain
city centre
and darling kingS croSS,
harbour darlinghurSt
Woolloomooloo Finger and paddington
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Wharf was a disembarkaharf was a disembarkaharf
point when most travellers See Street Finder, map 2
arrived by sea.
Harry’s Café de Wheels, a snack van,
has been a Sydney culinary institution
for more than 50 years. Photographs
of celebrity customers are pinned
to the van, attesting to its fame.
The Royal Botanic Gardens
display both flowering and
non-flowering plants. Here
the first trees were planted
by the new European
colonists; some of these trees
survive today (see pp110–11).
Farm Cove has long
been a mooring place
for visiting naval vessels.
The land opposite, now the
Botanic Gardens, has been
continuously cultivated
for over 200 years.
