Another Landmark Removed - Evening News - Friday 10th September 1909 Page 10 

Another Landmark Removed
- Horbury Terrace - Macquarie Street 
An interesting part of old Sydney has just been demolished, viz, the 4 houses standing on to the pavement in Macquarie Street, & having a side entrance into Hunter Street, City. These Have Come into the possession of Mr J Cooling, under contract to have the ground cleared within 21 days, or to pay five times the amount he gave for the old building material

Horbury Terrace, Macquarie Street, has, until very recently, been occupied by doctrors, dentists, & other professional men, including Signor Steffani but one could only describe the rooms as little better than pigeon holes of late, for they were divided & subdivided to meet the requirements of fashionable boarding house keepers, whose clients were glad to secure any accommodation provided  it was with in the high class vicinity of Macquarie Street. 

The Rum Hospital was a low, one storey building, known as the Infirmary, now replaced by the fine Sydney Hospital Parliament House alone remain Undemolished  but little changes since the days when 50 years ago, it was even then a fashionable old street
At one time the widow of Governor Fitzroys Secretary had a boarding house in a terrace, where lodged some of Sydney's Most upper crust families., Horbury Terrace may justly claim to be historic, for in one of these houses lived Robert Lowe, afterwards Viscount Sherbrooke & his wife Georgina, on their arrival to Australia. In A Published letter to her husbands mother, Mrs Lowe mentions rent at 130 pounds a year
During Governor Macquaries time, various allotments along what is now Macquarie street were leased to different old colonists. These do not appear to have been intended as grants, although in many cases they have been claimed as such. The land at the corner of Hunter & Macquarie Streets was owned by Isaac Wood, & on his death his heirs claimed a Grant of the same.
Archibald Wood then came into possession, & held the land in the thirties, during which time there was no building from Hunter to Bent Streets along Macquarie Street. William Hutchinson owned one half, & early in the forties the terrace of four or more houses was Built & denominated Horbury Terrace. 

It has been said that here the indomitable Lady Franklin lodged after her overland journey from Port Phillip when she came on a visit to Bishop Broughton, during lunchhtime when the fate of her husband, the great explorer. Sir John Franklin, was uncertain. In order to put in the time from the starting of the first search ships until the ice broke for their return, she journeyed to Australia, where her happy married life had been spent in Tasmania during his Governorship of the island. 
The name Horbury Terrace appears to have been given from some place in England, as there was no family known of that name, That was the explanation given by the later Mr Horbury Hunt, the architect, when asked if his family had any connection with the property
When Mr Hollingdale, the well known city jeweller, was a boy, his father owned the three corner houses, having bought them from Mr Hurley, an alderman of Sydney, Mr Raphael, of Raphael's Buildings. Young Street, also tried to secure them, but failed to effect the purchase of property which has now assumed an immense value. In the fifties Dr Holzel, the Jewish Minister, lived in the terrace & later on Mr Charles Fairfax, of the Herald occupied one of the houses. During the seventies, signor Ferari Barraty, the singer, lived in the corner house, adjoining the old Starkey cottage, which had, until quite recently, a bit of garden with trees around it, & faced Hunter Street. At one time it was a boys school, carried on by Mr Blackmore, and later was occupied by professionals. 
As is the case with many of the old houses round Sydney, tragedy has attached itself to this spot. The mention of an unfortunate circumstance is not very desirable, perhaps,while a building is standing, though the present generation have long learned to pooh pooh ghosts. The demolition of the terrace, however, allows of the fact being recalled that it was out of the side window of the end house that, on May 28 1829, the Spanish Consul threw hiumself. The Verdict being that of suicide. He was interred in the old Petersham Roman Catholic Cemetary. 

One can scarcely associate Macquarie Street with the Aboriginals, but old time people say that in very early days, according to tradition, the ridge, wich was afterwards the highway, was a favourite spot for the cremation after death of  the gins by their cobras (husbands)
Immediately Opposite horbury Terrace was the School Of Industry, taking in parts of what is the Domain, then only a series of nearly wild paddocks, where boys played cricket, & when, at the first review of the Volunteers, a general rout occurred  of the newly made soldiers by a herd of wild cattle that Charged into the ranks. 
The School Of Industry was first started at Parramatta by Lady Darling, 1822; but was in the thirties removed to Sydney, Mrs Kendall being Matron while the Institute was in Macquarie Street. Several romantic stories are told of the fate of some of the child inmates, one being considereed authentic, of the Adoption of a pretty little girl  by a British peer & his wife who travcelled to this side of the world tpo find an Heiress. She afterwards became a Countess.
Mr S Lyons owned part of the row of houses which made up the terrace, &, it is said there here the retired early Sydney Auctioneer died at a very advanced age. It will be remembered that the Hon Mr Dalley & the Hon Mr Burdett Smith  lived for many years in Macquarie Street between Hunter& King Streets, while old Mrs Burdekin occupied a cottage that was entered by a lane down the side of the late Sydney Burdekin's Mansion  An old timer says - Perhaps the quaintest little carriage ever seen was that used by a part of little children in Old Macquarie Street. It was like an actual little chariot, & was drawn by four young goats. 

The Rum Hospital was a low one storey building, known as the infirmary, now replaced by the fine Sydney Hospital. Parliament House alone remains with but little change since the day when 50 Years ago, it was even then a fashionable old Street. The Old Presbyterian  Iron Church used as a Jewiush Synagogue, then as lending branch, Public Library, and afterwards as a clothing factory, now is the church & library at Rookwood Old Men's Asylum. 

Where Starkey's Cottage stood will shortly be occupied by a motor garage, while a skyscraper to accomodate doctors & dentists will take up the place of the old residential terrace. 

The demollished cottage in hunter Street is also said to have been the residence of early Apotbecary & Quaker, John Tawell, though there is an opinoin that he lived in a cottage repkaced by a large terrace next to the Starkey house. The story of Tawelll is that one of the most remarkable criminal on record, and proves the saying - If A Man is born to be hung he must eventaully  come to the gallows.  Judge Therry, who lived in Hunter Street, speak of seeing Tawell every day with his wide Brimmed Quaker hat and pious appearance, He escaped hanging in the first instance, because his prosecutors for forgery werew of his religious
Judge Therry, who lived in Hunter Street, speaks of seeing Tawell Every day with his wide brimmed Quaker Hat  and pious Appearabnce. He escaed hanging in the first instance, because his prosecutrreos for forgery were of his religious persuasion and therefore antiagnostic to caital Punishjment, but after a very exemplary career on this side of the world, in which  its onbly crime seems to have been the waste of 600 gALLONS OF A GOOD FUEL. , By emptying it from a vessel into the barber to show his tee total principles, he was finally hanged in Newgate  
for the murder of a woman named Sarah Hart.