Commissariat Stores

Warehouse or Bond store

Warehouse and offices that stored the goods of the colony, for supply to the convicts, soldiers and others who relied on government rations.

Milestones
Constructed
1812
Demolished
1939

Commissariat Stores

by Dictionary of Sydney staff writer, 2008

 

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The Commissariat held a strategic role in the economy of the early colony, supplying and storing foodstuffs and other necessities – including liquor, hardware and other goods – for the population.
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