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Haunted Places in Sydney, NSW

Historic haunted places in Sydney, NSW. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.

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An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

THE ROCKS NSW 2000 / HAUNTED PLACE

Harrington Street (Harbour Rocks Hotel)

Haunted place

34 Harrington St, The Rocks NSW 2000

Open (operating hotel; public street).

Legend says a merchant sailor named Eric finally won the hand of brothel madam Scarlett in the late 1880s, only to return from a voyage and find she had died of tuberculosis. He di…

Source: therocks.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

MANLY NSW 2095 / HAUNTED PLACE

Q Station

Haunted place

1 North Head Scenic Dr, Manly NSW 2095

Open (hotel and nightly ghost tours).

The quarantine station on North Head held arriving ship passengers from 1832 until 1954, and many who were isolated there with diseases such as smallpox and plague never left. Visi…

Source: who.com.au

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

THE ROCKS NSW 2000 / HAUNTED PLACE

Reynolds Cottages

Haunted place

28-30 Harrington St, The Rocks NSW 2000

Exterior viewable (heritage cottages).

In 1838 the son of ex-convict William Reynolds was accidentally shot while pigeon-shooting, and the infected leg was amputated inside the house without anaesthetic; he died soon af…

Source: therocks.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

THE ROCKS NSW 2000 / HAUNTED PLACE

The Russell Hotel

Haunted place

143A George St, The Rocks NSW 2000

Open (operating hotel).

Over its history the building served as a hospital, a sailors' hostel and an unofficial brothel. Its best-known ghost is an unnamed sailor said to have been murdered in Room 8, who…

Source: therocks.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

BRONTE NSW 2024 / HAUNTED PLACE

Waverley Cemetery

Haunted place

St Thomas St, Bronte NSW 2024

Open (operating cemetery; coastal walk passes through).

Opened in 1877 on the clifftops at Bronte, this heritage-listed cemetery holds tens of thousands of burials, including poet Henry Lawson and state executioner Robert 'Nosey Bob' Ho…

Source: en.wikipedia.org

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

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Harrington Street (Harbour Rocks Hotel)1Reynolds Cottages3The Russell Hotel4Waverley Cemetery5

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