Hidden house, centuries-old artefacts found at new Metro site

Email Lying hidden in the middle of Sydney’s CBD, hundreds of centuries-old artefacts have been uncovered as new Metro stations are built - including the house of one of Australia’s most swashbuckling figures.

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