Sydney History Walking Tours

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Our Sydney History Walking Tours

Our history walking tours all start at a train station in the Sydney city centre. Each walking tour has been researched and designed by a Sydney-based historian and archaeologist who specialises in Sydney’s amazing past. Our history walking tours take you off the tourist tracks and away from the tourist traps. Instead, you traverse back streets and hidden lanes, exploring secret neighbourhoods. Best of all, we don’t use tired old scripts; we prefer to customise the tours to suit each group’s interests. It is the best way to discover the forgotten history of Sydney.

The Black Hand in Sydney with Adam Grossetti

Walk Woolloomooloo’s shadowy laneways to uncover Sydney’s Italian mafia underworld, migrant dockside life, and the hidden network of crime, vice, and revenge that linked the waterfront to Queensland’s sugar belt. Click here to find out more.

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Darlinghurst: Sex, Scandal & Murder Walking Tour

Explore murder, myth and mystery in Sydney’s most eerie and sinful historical neighbourhood. You will track the steps of disturbed serial killers; lurk through old ganglands; uncover a 19th-century same-sex scandal that ends in murder, and discover the forgotten prostitute lanes, beats and brothels. *Parental discretion for children under 15.* Click here to find out more.

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Starting at $45.00

Surry Hills Crime Scene Walking Tour (2hrs)

Investigate the dark past of Sydney’s iconic Surry Hills. This gentle walk explores old lanes and alleys to discover a series of forgotten murders and crime scenes from 1820 to 1960. Experience old-fashioned storytelling with a twist and finish at a historical pub. Click here to find out more.

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Kings Cross & The Mystery of Juanita Nielsen

Explore the history of the Kings Cross underworld between 1955 and 1985 while uncovering the mysterious disappearance of heiress and activist Juanita Nielsen, who took on powerful interests to save Kings Cross—and paid the ultimate price. Don’t miss this chance to delve into one of Australia’s most infamous and enduring unsolved cases. Click here to find out more.

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Balmain: Rust, Radicals and Razors

Explore the turbulent history of old Balmain as you uncover forgotten crime scenes, gang conflicts, waterfront scandals, and the dramatic events that shaped this once-notorious peninsula. From colonial murders and opium smuggling to labour uprisings. Discover the hidden stories behind Balmain’s charming streets and bays. Don’t miss this chance to delve into one of Sydney’s most colourful and surprising historical neighbourhoods. Click here to find out more.

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Sydney Odyssey: The History of Sydney Harbour

A history walk from Circular Quay to Woolloomooloo through Farm Cove, the Botanic Gardens and Woolloomooloo. See Sydney from a different angle while hearing bizarre, peculiar and spine-chilling stories that will change the way you see our most iconic landmarks. Click here to find out more.

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Legends of The Rocks: Crime, Chaos & Characters

Due to overwhelming demand, I am finally offering a tour of The Rocks. This special limited-run experience has been designed as an epic Australian history adventure, taking you deeper into the heart of the nation’s oldest neighbourhood. Click here to find out more.

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Old Newtown: The Cemetery and Laneway Explorer

Uncover Newtown’s hidden past! Step into the old laneways, grand Victorian mansions, and its eerie Colonial Cemetery as a historian reveals tales of crime, scandal, and rebellion. From shocking murders to underground subcultures, this tour explores the darker, stranger side of Sydney’s history. Click here to find out more.

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Glenda

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Balmain: Rust, Radicals and Razors. I was blown away by, and totally mesmerised by the history and knowledge that Elliott forwarded onto all of us. The best walking tour I've ever been on.

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Ray Welling

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Deep knowledge on display - who knew so many people were murdered in Balmain? Thanks for an entertaining session, Lindsey!

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Rosanna Marsella

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Adam Grossetti lead our tour through the streets of Potts Point and surrounds. He was very knowledgeable and presented in a easy and engaging way. After watching his 3 part series, this tour highlighted the connection between The Black Hand in Queensland and events in Sydney's underworld. Highly recommend!

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Andrew

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This walking tour was a memorable and highly worthwhile experience. Elliot is remarkably well-informed about the fascinating history of inner Sydney. His passion for his subject is inspiring. I now find myself looking at Surry Hills in an entirely new way.

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Judith Croft

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Great tour. Elliot is easy to listen to and knows what he is talking about. He makes it so interesting and as I did it with a group he gave more detail on our area of interest.

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Paul Miller

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The Balmain walk was fascinating, standing on the spot of some pretty gruesome crimes. Elliott is very knowledgeable and the photos were helpful to visualise what the area was during the periods being described.

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Christina Rose

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The best price walking in Sydney. 100% satisfaction. Cancellation policy is top tier. If you need to. I can’t wait to do them all. Elliot is the goat. Just finished the tour with Adam Grosetti and the black hand gang. Another great and interesting voyage through the Italian deep crime connection and the QLD canecutters. Highly recommended. Well done Adam. Can’t wait for the book Elliot. It’s gonna be amazing.

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Peter O'Brien

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Great guide, fascinating history. Do yourself a favour and explore Sydney!

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Richard Bromley

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We did the 2 Hour walk on 03/05/2025. The history and the stories that Elliot shared with us was great. He even keeps you in the story process as to guess the outcome. His knowledge and Photos throughout the walk, 2nd to none. Would highly recommend this tour. Thank You Elliot.

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Kris Isemonger

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Spent a fascinating three hours walking Surry Hills with Elliot, an incredible storyteller who brought the area’s pub culture and past vividly to life. I knew very little about this side of Sydney, and suddenly the streets were full of characters, history and colour. Informative, entertaining and eye‑opening — I’ll never walk Surry Hills the same way again.

MURDERS AND SCANDALS IN YOUR SUBURB?

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