Episode 3 That's how Sydney got going

In this episode we’re in inner Sydney. We touch on Sydney’s flirtation with planning and hear about social engineering that took people out of Surry Hills, and a social experiment that took people out of Britain. We move from the nest of alleyways that was Surry Hills to the higgledy-piggledy place built by convicts that was The Rocks. We hear how The Rocks were home to Chinese artisans, and saved for us to wander in when its residents joined forces with a union. And we ask, was high quality champagne really the best import to Sydney in 1825? For extra notes and acknowledgements please go to the ‘Seeking Sydney’ blog.

Seeking Sydney is written and presented by Kathy Prokhovnik. It is produced by Spineless Wonders in Sydney, Australia on the unceded lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Sound engineer, Martin Gallagher. Artwork, Bettina Kaiser.