Site Of The Public Stocks - York St Eastern Side, Near Druitt St

Site Of The Public Stocks 
York Street - Eastern Side, Near Druitt Street 

Charles Bertie mentioned earlier about Oldn

The Late Judge Darling says that when he was a small boy he saw A Pillary in the centre of the old markets. A man was pelted by the mob with all sorts of missiles from Rotten Fruit To Human Excrement. I’m
Note  from “The Monitor” 17 May 1837-
“The public stocks have been removed in consequence of the building of the new church St Andrews Cathedral to the south end of York Street, by the police office wall.
Says the Encyclopaedia Britannica – stocks were abolished in 1937 at the end of William IV’s Reign.” 








 

The Rat Pit - Pitt Street Near King Street, Sydney

THE RAT PIT - 
Pitt Street, Western Side, Near King Street 

A Place Where Dog, Rat And Rooster Fighting Took Place In Sydney 1830's

   I Can Imagine A Group Of Wild Men Meeting In Someone's Cellar Or Somewhere Secret Holding The Dog Fights, And Rat Fights. I Imagime The Cock Fights Didn't Start Till Later When The Colony Of Sydney's Food Shortage Was Over. 

I Also Imagine There was Only Ever Going To Be One a Winner In These Fights To The Death. I Guess Rum Would've Been Wagered In The Beginning Until Governor Macquarie Started The Currency. 

Dog, Cock & Rat Fighting Were Popular "Sports" In Sydney's Early Days. 

In The Sydney Mail Of 31st July 1907, Mr Morris Asher, Describing His Arrival At Sydney Cove in 1838 Says

"I Saw A Dog Kill 60 Rats In One Minute. Horse Racing, Dog Fighting, Cock Fighting, Rat Fighting And Prize Fighting Were All The Rage. Scarcely Anything Else   Was Thought Of, And It a Was Hard For A Young Fellow To Settle Down."