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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
Sydneysider who, at the age of 16, AND CIRCULAR
QUAY
won an Olympic gold medal in 1924. BOTANIC
It was erected in 1963 on the Domain GARDEN AND
Baths’ site, which had a grandstand THE DOMAIN
for 1,700 spectators. CITY
CENTRE
KINGS CROSS AND
DARLINGHURST
Locator Map
See Street Finder, map 2

Harry’s Café de Wheels, a snack van, is
a Sydney culinary institution, and has
been operating continuously since
1945. Photographs of celebrity
customers are pinned to the van.

The Royal Botanic Garden
displays both flowering
and non-flowering plants.
Here the first trees were
planted by the new European
colonists; some of these
trees survive today.

Farm Cove has long
been a mooring place for
visiting naval vessels. The
land opposite, now
the Royal Botanic Garden,
has been continuously
cul tivated for over 200 years.

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