The Historian · Ava · Sydney
Customs House
Sydney was a port before it was a city. This is the building that taxed the wharves, right where the First Fleet came ashore.
The 1845 Customs House at Circular Quay, where every ship's cargo — and the colony's revenue — was tallied for over a century.
— Ava, The Historian
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