Site x
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Sydney's Rocks precinct is one of Australia's most storied urban landscapes — a place where convict sandstone, maritime trade, and bohemian culture have left their marks across centuries, and X Marks the Spot uncovers this layered history in rich, compelling detail. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, which sits at the very heart of the Rocks area, this chronicle traces the district's evolution from its earliest Indigenous and colonial origins through to its modern identity as a cultural hub, weaving together the stories of the many people who have called it home. The work is at once a community portrait and an architectural memory, presenting the Rocks not as a static heritage site but as a living, breathing place shaped by conflict, creativity, and resilience. Much like the symbol from which it takes its name — a marker on crime-scene photographs, a meeting point on maps, a sign of buried treasure — the book invites readers to look beneath the surface of the familiar, promising that what lies underneath is far more surprising than what is visible above.
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Sydney's Rocks precinct is one of Australia's most storied urban landscapes — a place where convict sandstone, maritime trade, and bohemian culture have left their marks across centuries, and X Marks the Spot uncovers this layered history in rich, compelling detail. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, which sits at the very heart of the Rocks area, this chronicle traces the district's evolution from its earliest Indigenous and colonial origins through to its modern identity as a cultural hub, weaving together the stories of the many people who have called it home. The work is at once a community portrait and an architectural memory, presenting the Rocks not as a static heritage site but as a living, breathing place shaped by conflict, creativity, and resilience. Much like the symbol from which it takes its name — a marker on crime-scene photographs, a meeting point on maps, a sign of buried treasure — the book invites readers to look beneath the surface of the familiar, promising that what lies underneath is far more surprising than what is visible above.