In this beautiful new book historian Trevor McAlister takes us on a series of tours, exploring buildings and sites and sharing a wealth of historical knowledge. It is packed full of things you might walk past every day without noticing and exposes some of Sydney’s hidden secrets.
Locations featured: Sydney City and The Rocks, Circular Quay to City East, Chippendale to Woolloomooloo, Redfern to Newtown, City West, Paramatta, Balmain, North Sydney, Hunters Hill, Parramatta River, Watsons Bay to Rose Bay, Three Sydney Harbour Islands, the Zoo to Middle Head, Kirribilli to Cremorne Point, Lapstone, Glenbrook and Windsor.
About the Author: When retirement from teaching arrived for Trevor McAlister, the urge to teach, even after forty-five years, had not been extinguished. In 2007 he embarked on an extensive programme of researching Sydney’s history. On the basis of this he began leading walking tours around the Sydney basin, teaching both locals and tourists about the hidden history of his beloved city. After over a decade of these tours he had honed his material to a large body of mini-stories – that he began to realise would work extremely well in book format.
Trevor is donating all author proceeds from the sale of his book – and is available for interviews. Review copies of Exploring Hidden Sydney are available on request.
