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"}]},{"address":"1 Horton Street Horton Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0030880726376381062,"latitudeDelta":0.00338950848508901,"latitude":-31.428256697145123,"longitude":152.90839102020206},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":380,"height":230},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_1_0.png?alt=media&token=9506f0e5-6998-4482-a1d6-be50ac81a822"},{"type":"text","content":"Opposite the water is the Royal Hotel. This was built in 1841 and has been used ever since. "}]},{"address":"31–39 Clarence Street Clarence Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.003088072637581263,"latitudeDelta":0.0033894812918582318,"latitude":-31.429008917208602,"longitude":152.90972654567355},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":743,"height":413},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_2_0.png?alt=media&token=88b9ddf4-06b1-4e97-ae53-5e602f1a8280"},{"type":"text","content":"The old court house is the earliest government building that is still standing in Port Macquarie. \nIt was built in 1869 and was in use until 1986 when the new court house was built. \n"}]},{"address":"1A Clarence Street Clarence Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0030880726376381062,"latitudeDelta":0.0033894932835387692,"latitude":-31.428677203867387,"longitude":152.9134647954455},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":400,"height":300},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_3_0.png?alt=media&token=9a5e0882-90e1-4256-a8e1-c30b81bafd3f"},{"type":"text","content":"On Allman’s Hill you will find Port Macquarie’s first colonial burial ground. It is believed about 28 people where buried here, but only two burial vaults and two head stones remain today. \nThe first person to be buried here was a 28 year old convict named James McMan from Dublin. He was sentenced to 14 years and arrived in Australia in 1816. He was apart of the original group of convicts to come to Port Macquarie. He contact an illness and died on the 22nd July 1821. \n"}]},{"address":"1-13 Grant Street Grant Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.003088072637467576,"latitudeDelta":0.0033894717893510062,"latitude":-31.429271770982876,"longitude":152.91340145024492},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":602,"height":600},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_4_0.png?alt=media&token=9555256a-9f48-4d45-a142-cdb35a943fbd"},{"type":"text","content":"Where the Primary School currently sits was originally Port Macquarie’s Military enclosure. It had officers quarters and houses, married soldiers quarters, a guard house, a school and the military post office. \n"}]},{"address":"Historic Well 1840 William Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.003088072637581263,"latitudeDelta":0.0033894370236247084,"latitude":-31.430233430067084,"longitude":152.91187061085796},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":800,"height":600},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_5_0.png?alt=media&token=29535e06-042a-437a-9f2d-24aafcb6e2e9"},{"type":"text","content":"Port Macquarie historic well was built by convicts and use by female convicts housed in the woman’s factory and woman’s Gail. \nNote the marks on the bricks, these where used to show what bricks each individual convict made. \n\nJust next to this location was where they housed female convicts, now there stands a church. "}]},{"address":"74 Hay Street Hay Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0031843354092302434,"latitudeDelta":0.0034950332966943165,"latitude":-31.431863334537223,"longitude":152.9100847571357},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":736,"height":417},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_6_0.png?alt=media&token=bdc50270-adae-42d6-948b-16a1a82126d3"},{"type":"text","content":"St Thomas’ Church is one of the few remaining convict built building in Port Macquarie. The building was started in December 1824, and was completed in February 1828. \nThe Church has many interesting features, including the Fraser box pews, and a trap door in the floor of the naive, which underneath is the grave stone of Captian John Rollins. \n"}]},{"address":"43 Hay Street Hay Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0019594872816810494,"latitudeDelta":0.002150673874044884,"latitude":-31.431949896119058,"longitude":152.90929179532847},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":737,"height":416},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_7_0.png?alt=media&token=d29477aa-ad03-47dc-b175-dd3cf5aceb00"},{"type":"text","content":"This location was originally the first Hospital, but now holds St Agnes Church. \nIn 1878 St Agnes first building was constructed but was built of timber and was showing signs of age. what is currently standing was built in 1940. "}]},{"address":"80 Hay Street Hay Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.004512868166386852,"latitudeDelta":0.00495314926652668,"latitude":-31.432671117289768,"longitude":152.90993937726427},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":800,"height":600},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_8_0.png?alt=media&token=a00d4408-0c55-4fec-8a74-6fb4c2f31175"},{"metadata":{"width":800,"height":599},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_8_1.png?alt=media&token=548124e8-3df4-45d4-8b0c-575b7255f73e"},{"type":"text","content":"Medicines that where used by the doctors where made and stored in the dispensary, and this building was not demolished when the hospital was moved. \nAfter this the Church took over the building as a school. "}]},{"address":"144 Horton Street Horton Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.004512868166500539,"latitudeDelta":0.004953145440957485,"latitude":-31.432743522199114,"longitude":152.90863565991168},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":1000},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_9_0.png?alt=media&token=20e1bc21-896f-4c6b-b832-a36ca9401b19"},{"type":"text","content":"The first Methodist Church built and was built with volunteer labour. It started being built in 1840 and finished in 1845. "}]},{"address":"109 William Street William Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.004512868166443695,"latitudeDelta":0.004953229081401389,"latitude":-31.431160477081765,"longitude":152.90906766108466},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":800,"height":600},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_10_0.png?alt=media&token=79fe2491-5b31-40d7-bc1b-5192af05c178"},{"type":"text","content":"Ships sent to port Macquarie where often filled with a ballast of sandstone. Some of these stones where used to form pavement for drainage. This section as been left untouched to preserved some of the towns history. "}]},{"address":"30-42 Clarence Street Clarence Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0019270763560257365,"latitudeDelta":0.0021151591538028924,"latitude":-31.42935557508034,"longitude":152.9092399897901},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":800,"height":534},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_11_0.png?alt=media&token=9869985d-a362-4698-8280-ab67e0433a9b"},{"type":"text","content":"Original 1824 plans of Port Macquarie shows five cottages fronting Clarence Street. The footings of two of these cottages were revealed in 2006 during an archaeological excavation. They have been left exposed and may be viewed from the Lower-Ground floor of the Glasshouse.\n\nSome artefacts found during the archaeological excavations are on display aswell. \n The positions of the cottages and some other buildings are shown in the display of grey of tiles on the Ground floor in the main section of the glasshouse and also in the outside footpath. "}]},{"address":"74 Clarence Street Clarence Street,Port Macquarie","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.003710553444989273,"latitudeDelta":0.004072701812283697,"latitude":-31.429399969574927,"longitude":152.90584988632537},"media":[{"metadata":{"width":600,"height":387},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_12_0.png?alt=media&token=a19253ee-904d-4eea-b96e-74f97173f9cc"},{"metadata":{"width":550,"height":365},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FLFb3bz8goi7ZLQqpYTom%2Fstop_12_1.png?alt=media&token=4400ffec-03e5-41f5-bacc-e44ed1ef7290"},{"type":"text","content":"The historic Pilot Boat Shed was built over 120 years ago and housed the Pilot’s boat. It originally stood eastwards along the river front, near the Royal Hotel. Here you will see model ships, the training sail-boat \"Anzac\", a wall display of tools used by boat-builders and more local maritime history. "}]}]
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