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side of Flagstaff Hill. They were cut in 2002, leaving
good regeneration in the understorey. Tree planting, mostly Norfolk Island pines, has been used to
stabilise badly eroded hillsides. Private tourist accommodation buildings include Islander Lodge,
Panorama Apartments and Kingston Cottages.

F Kingston Common (the Swamp)

The channel was cut to drain the swamp, and a road (now Pier Street) was made across it by 1796. By
1839 two more roads and several stone bridges were constructed which are still used today. In the mid-
1830s a public parterre was formed and the watercourse was curved, forming a serpentine channel which
was subsequently filled in. The stone and concrete-lined open drain was built in 1938-1942. The road
network was formed prior to 1856 and there are many stone retaining walls, kerbs, culverts and drains. In
the early twentieth century, roads were topped with coral rock (later bitumen) and sealed with grass
verges. Longridge Road was abandoned due to erosion by 1856, as was Mill Road. Foundations remain
of lower ranking officers' quarters built in the swamp, including a row or terrace and a police hut.

A sports field was formed c1840 for cricket, football and other games. The vaulted drain under the sports
field was rebuilt after it collapsed in recent years; it ends near the Bounty Street Bridge. The War
Memorial, opened on ANZAC Day 1929, is white painted masonry on a stepped plinth. Plaques were
added after World War Il.

G Prisoners' Compounds

The buildings of the convict establishment are not intact and were not used after 1856. Building materials
were salvaged for other projects on the Island, including construction of the Saint Barnabas Chapel.

Extensive earthworks from 1836 created the level site for the New Gaol—built over the following 15 years.
The compound wall survives, with an impressive entrance, and vestiges of the radial cell blocks, service
buildings and gaoler's quarters, and extensive underground drainage. The compound walls of the c1829
Prisoner's Barracks survive but the large three-storey building was demolished. There is evidence in the
compound wall of former attached structures. Part of the former Protestant Chapel has been
reconstructed and is now part of the museum. The compound is used for the Anniversary (Bounty) Day
picnic and general community use. In the Lumberyard compound, all that survives is the large saw pit and
the base of the north and south walls. Evidence of the layout and other structures is likely to survive
underground. The modern change shed is in the area of the former Mess Yard.

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H Kingston Pier (Landing Place Ridge)

After 1825 ramps were cut into