Hidden gems: Historic sites in Australia

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Australia. This list contains 24 places from Historic site category.

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Polish Hill River Church Museum
Historical place
👍👍 Great piece of Australia's history.
4.80 (5 reviews)
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Mt Ive Station
Indoor lodging
👍👍 Loads of space for unpowered camping. Power nearer the homestead. Toilets and showers good. Bar in the reception area and a small shop. Friendly staff. Young kangaroos and emus running around when we were there - and of course goats. I'm not into the serious 4wding they offer around the property but...
4.70 (109 reviews)
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Hanworth House
Self-catering accommodation
👍👍 Beautiful, well maintained property. It's huge and has a antique and modern touches and gives a very homily vibes. This can be the most ideal house if one loves vintage and antiques.
4.70 (69 reviews)
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Laurelbank Willoughby
Event venue
👍👍 A beautiful market with a great selection of gourmet French food and bakery. There are also all these shops with beautiful hand-made goodies. Live music was on inside the cottage. A very well spent Sunday for our family.
4.70 (65 reviews)
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Lancer Barracks
Military barracks
👍👍 The Lancer Barracks museum is located on Smith Street in the Parramatta CBD which opposite Parramatta Railway. It is a historic stone building that displays many photographs, maps and documentary about the war. It is a historic military facility of WWII 1939 - 1945 and posts WWII 1945 - present day....
4.70 (21 reviews)
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Arch of Remembrance
Monument
👍👍 Fantastic place to swim and Eat..
4.70 (20 reviews)
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Blacksmiths Cottage and Forge Bookbarn
Historical place
👍👍 Such a hidden gem of a 2nd hand bookshop. I never come away empty handed. Just love it there especially in winter with the fire roaring.
4.70 (19 reviews)
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Tomago House & Chapel
Historical landmark
$$ $$
4.70 (12 reviews)
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Daveys Hut
Historical place
4.70 (6 reviews)
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Cowra POW Campsite
Historical place
👍👍 Really well done. There is plenty of info and great stores. Well worth the visit whilst in Cowra
4.60 (142 reviews)
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Wolston Farmhouse
Historical place museum
👍 Beautiful old stone house. Interesting piece of Brisbane history. Lots of birds and kangaroo around. The entire site is not very big, 1.5 - 2hrs max if you come here for the high tea as well. The high tea was fine, very basic. I wouldn’t call it high tea though, more like basic morning tea.
$$ $$
4.60 (133 reviews)
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Gellibrand Hill Summit
Historical place
👍👍 Nice place and good views for the airport and city
4.60 (119 reviews)
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Dawes Point Battery
Historical place
Archeological remains of artillery fort built from 1791 to 1925, with cannons & original flooring.
4.60 (54 reviews)
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Duke Of Cornwall Engine House
Historical place
👍 Interesting history of the area. You can see that nearly every inch of land has been dug over and the landscape has changed so much from what it was.
4.60 (16 reviews)
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Tuggeranong School House
Historical place
4.60 (13 reviews)
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Snowy Adit Portal
Historical place
4.60 (5 reviews)
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Kangaroo Bluff Battery Historic Site
Historical place
👍👍 Worth a visit for the bottle walls alone.
4.50 (106 reviews)
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Fort Glanville
Historical place
👍👍 What a fascinating piece of history. The volunteers do a wonderful job in keeping it well maintained and also reenacting how the guns are fired. The night experience was a treat.
4.50 (82 reviews)
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Oriental Claims Historic Area
Historical place
👍 Nice picnic spot. Google map misleads in the sense that it tells you to walk over the hill where there is no path. It does take you to the correct turn off. Drive to the end of dirt road to see proper car park. Then the walks are sign posted you can not miss them.
4.50 (71 reviews)
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Camden Park House
Historical place
👍👍 Such a lovely house and gardens. It's great how they opened it up for the public to see
4.50 (53 reviews)
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