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The Hero of Waterloo Hotel, Sydney

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he Hero of Waterloo Hotel is located on the south-west corner of Lower Fort and Windmill streets in Millers Point, Sydney – a small and historical suburb situated above the western shores of Sydney Cove, and home to many relics of Sydney’s founding years (The Hero of Waterloo among them). The hotel stands on what was once a major sandstone quarry site. The land was purchased in

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