Curtin Place - Little George Street - Laneways - Sydney - NSW
This Lane, Formerly Little George Street, Forms The Southern Boundary Of The Australia Square Site. John Curtin Was The Australian Prime Minister, 1941 - 1945. Between This & Bond Street, Underneath the Skyscraper, Was Once The Romantically Named Robin Hood Place.
Two Other Little Lanes, Hamilton Street And Little Hunter Street Run Off Curtin Place.
Tank Stream Way - Laneways - Sydney - NSW
Tank Stream Way Was Once Part Of Hamilton Street Which ran From Bridge And Hunter Streets, Named After Hamilton's Biscuit Factory. Most Of It Disappeared Underneath The Australia Square Development, Leaving Two Remnant Laneways, And This Section Was Renamed In 1981. In Bridge Lane, Once The Site Of The Towns first Lumber Yards, Look For The Old Warehouse Doorway, Now The Entrance To The Establishment Hotel. As Late As The 1860's There Was Still Vacant Land Sliced Between The Cottages In This Area, But By The End Of The 19th Century It Had Become A Favoured Location for Warehouses, Including Several Tea Merchants Stores.
George Street & Hunter Street - Sydney - 1848 - Joseph Fowles
