Sydney: Cockatoo Island convict dockyard

BOTTLE DIGGING PROHIBITED / VIEW ONLY DOCUMENTED

Where: Australia · Oceania · approx. -33.85, 151.17 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Convict penal establishment 1839-1869, then Australia's biggest shipyard until 1991, now a UNESCO World Heritage island in Sydney Harbour

What turns up: eyes-only: convict-cut sandstone silos, Fitzroy Dock walls, slipways, shipyard machinery, foreshore glass and ceramic scatter

Access: Prohibited / view only.

UNESCO World Heritage and NSW heritage protected, all relics and even loose material on the island and its foreshore are protected, strictly look-only

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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.