Cadmans Cottage, The Rocks, Sydney

According to National Parks and Wildlife Service brochure, this cottage is named after the third and longest serving Government Coxswain and Superintendent of Boats, John Cadman.

Government boats transported government officers around Sydney Harbour and up the Parramatta River, moved stores to Parramatta and other outlying settlements, and carried convicts to their work assignments. 

Because roads were few and unreliable in bad weather, Sydney's waterways provided the main form of transport for early settlers.  A small fleet of 20 vessels linked the settlements, including the more distant ports on the Hawkesbury River and Newcastle, Cadmans Cottage was the centre of this activity.