AJ SadauskasThere's something unique in the lobby of this apartment tower: It had the ruins of one of the oldest European structures in Australia.<br>
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While digging the foundations for the building, which is on the corner of Marsden & Macquarie Streets in the middle of Parramatta, the developers stumbled across an old convict hut, potentially dating back to 1789.<br>
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After a lot of back-and-forth over planning and heritage, the building was redesigned so the public could access the site.<br>
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In another strange twist, the exhibit was renamed the Philip Ruddock Heritage Centre. You really can't make this up!<br>
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(For people reading this overseas: Ruddock was Australia's extremely right wing immigration minister in the 1990s. Many of Trump's immigration policies, such as the mandatory detention of non-citizens and deportation of undocumented non-citizens to third countries, were policies he implemented in Australia in the '90s.)<br>
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I'm not sure if the name is supposed to be ironic?<br>
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The ruin is free to look at and accessible from the street. Worth a trip if you're in the neighbourhood.<br>
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