‘Archaeology at The Big Dig, Below Sydney Harbour YHA’ a documentary commissioned by YHA Australia, reveals the colonial-era history of Sydney’s historical ‘The Rocks’ precinct, and premiered on national broadcaster SBS on Monday 27 April 2020. It is now available to view on…
This year The Big Dig Archaeology Weekend ran from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th May, as part of National Archaeology Week. This program is part of our ongoing site maintenance and conservation work. Sydney Harbour YHA guests looking down the northern void over…
This year The Big Dig Archaeology Weekend was run from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th May, as part of National Archaeology Week. This program is part of our ongoing site maintenance and conservation work. Sydney Harbour YHA guests looking down the northern void over the…
As part of our ongoing conservation of The Big Dig site, the paving stones of Cribbs Lane have been painstakingly repointed with a lime mortar mix. Over the weekend the lane had to be kept damp, under hessian, to give the mortar time…
Our Cribbs Lane artefact display cases have had some handsome new perspex stands installed to better display a small selection of artefacts from the site. They’re now at a lower height to make it a little easier for our younger students to see…
The Big Dig Archaeology Weekend was run from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th May 2017, as part of National Archaeology Week. This program is part of our ongoing site maintenance and conservation work. Sydney Harbour YHA guests looking down the northern void saw archaeology ‘in…
National Archaeology Week aims to increase public awareness of Australian archaeology and the work of Australian archaeologists. It’s held in the 3rd week of May each year. To find out about more about the exciting range of events organised for this year visit the…
In October 2016 solar panels were installed on the roof of The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre. Since 20 Oct 2016, when monitoring started, our panels have generated 3.535 MWh of power, which translates into 2.4 tonnes of CO2 that’s been avoided. The panels…
The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre, as part of Sydney Harbour YHA, is pleased to have been showcased (on page 9 😉 ) as a successful case study in the new Tourism & Transport Forum report titled Built Heritage and the visitor economy:…
Welcome to The Big Dig’s new website. This website has been redeveloped to focus on The Big Dig archaeological site and the various events and educational programs offered about the site. If you were looking for information from our old website, originally developed to convey…