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Historic fort unveiled

Source: 7pm TV News NSW
Published: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:55 AEST
Expires: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:55 AEST

A fort between Sydney Harbour's north and south heads built by convicts in 1801 to keep a French invasion out has been opened to the public.

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Tags: human-interest, historians, 19th-century, nsw, sydney-2000

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