Museum Of Sydney Tickets

First Fleet Ships is an intriguing installation at the Museum of Sydney, Australia, as it gives you a glimpse of the eleven British boats that arrived in Botany Bay in 1788. The Fleet ships consisted of three storeships, six convict transports, and two naval ships to carry the supplies and food necessary for establishing a settlement. The First Fleet models at the museum were built by modelmakers Laurie and Lynne Hadley following nine years of research into drawings, original plans, and British archival documents. Each ship has been built from Syrian cedar or western red cedar and is an absolute masterpiece.

Edge of The Trees is one of the most famous installations that evoke the physical and cultural history of the city. It is basically a 'forest' of twenty-nine massive wooden and sandstone pillars. The installation is situated in the exterior courtyard, and the twenty-nine vertical poles represent the Aboriginal clans from Sydney. As you walk between the pillars, you can hear Koori reciting the names of places that no longer exist in the metropolis. Place names have been engraved on the sandstone pillars in Aboriginal and English languages. The pillars also feature carved and burnt words that list local botanical species.

Sydney is home to culturally diverse and unique Aboriginal groups who have inhabited the region for at least sixty thousand years. The Gadigal Place gallery gives a tribute to the complex and diverse culture, history, and survival of the Gadigal clan. It was built to appreciate the variety and complexity of Aboriginal communities in the city. The exhibit illustrates the survival of people and various cultural practices within Sydney and gives you a chance to immerse in Aboriginal culture.