Harbour Trax is lucky enough to have Dr Ian Hoskins join us on day 2 of our walk. He will join us at Woolloomooloo and walk with us until Circular Quay to give us some insight into the history of Sydney Harbour.
Ian Hoskins is an award winning author. He has worked as an academic, professional historian and curator for over 30 years. His acclaimed books are recognised nationally for their chronicling of Australian history.
“I am passionate about history (both local and broad) and landscapes (both cultural and natural) along with the architecture, modifications and plantings that make up those places – and the literature and artwork created to represent them.”
Sydney Harbour: a history, won the Queensland Premiers Literary Prize for history in 2010 and was republished in 2022. In this sweeping history of one of the world’s most recognisable landscapes, award-winning historian Ian Hoskins explores the story of this famous waterway, from its importance to the cammeragal and Gadigal people to highly charged contemporary debates about the future of the ‘working harbour’ and the ownership of its foreshores.
