The Story Of Old George Street - Sydney Mail - Wednesday 14th August 1918 - Page 8

George Street was Sydney's first street – the old track up from the Cove that became the High Street and was named George Street by Governor Macquarie in 1810. In 1918 the Sydney Mail ran a series called “The Story of George-Street – A Chapter in Old Sydney”, and this instalment picks up the walk at the corner of George and Essex streets, where the first gaol stood.

It's packed with the names of the old shopkeepers and publicans. Among them are the Thorntons, and there's the story of the first Sydney Herald, printed on 18 April 1831 – the paper we now know as the Sydney Morning Herald. The article runs to ten parts, and I've put them in reading order.

Related posts on this blog: Sydney's First Gaol – Cnr George Street And Essex Street · George Street – Sydney – 1848 – Joseph Fowles

The Bank of New South Wales, George Street, Sydney, c. 1855 – oil painting (State Library of NSW, ML 1168)
Image: Unknown artist (State Library of NSW, ML 1168) – via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). Source

George Street looking south, c. 1900 (Powerhouse Museum)
Image: Unknown photographer (Powerhouse Museum) – via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). Source

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The Story Of Old George Street – A Chapter In Old Sydney
Sydney Mail – Wednesday 14th August 1918 – Page 8

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Edgecliff - Auctions And Sale Of Estates

Estate agents' subdivision plans are among my favourite things in the State Library's collection. They show the moment a suburb changed from a handful of big houses in their own grounds to the streets we know today. These plans cover Edgecliff and its neighbours, Woollahra, Darling Point and Double Bay. They run from the Mills & Pile and Batt, Rodd & Purves sales of 1886 right through to the Wallaroy Estate auction of March 1929.

Many of them carry the names of the old houses whose grounds were being cut up: Wallaroy, Glanworth, Dilbhur, Kilvington, Brantwood, Orielton, Hillside, “Quiraing” and “Eynesbury”. Raine & Horne, Richardson & Wrench, Hardie & Gorman and H. W. Horning all turn up as auctioneers, some of the sales held “on the ground” on a Saturday afternoon. The plans come from the State Library of NSW's Edgecliff subdivision plans collection. I've captioned each one from the details printed on the plan.

Related posts on this blog: Quirang – Edgecliff – NSW · Eyenesbury – Edgecliff – NSW · “Fenton” – 8 Albert Street – Edgecliff

“Merioola”, Edgecliff Road, photographed from “Hillside” in 1916 – built in 1859 by John Edye Manning and since demolished (Allen family album)
Image: Allen family album – via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). Source

Double Bay from Darling Point, c. 1900 – Tyrrell Photographic Collection (Powerhouse Museum)
Image: Powerhouse Museum collection – via Wikimedia Commons (no known copyright restrictions). Source

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Edgecliff – Auctions And Sale Of Estates
Subdivision plans – State Library of NSW, Edgecliff subdivision plans

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2, Edgecliff – auction on the ground, Saturday 3rd May 1919, 3 pm – Raine & Horne

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“Quiraing”, Woollahra – Trelawney, Fullerton & Wellington Streets & Edgecliff Road – Stanton & Son

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Wallaroy House Estate, Edgecliff Road, Woollahra – by order of the Perpetual Trustee Co. – Thursday 5th April 1923 – Raine & Horne with Richardson & Wrench

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Plan of proposed subdivision of “Eynesbury”, Edgecliff

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Glanworth Estate, Darling Point Road – Thursday 21st July 1910, 11.30 am – Raine & Horne

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Dilbhur Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 12th November 1927 – Goyder, Orr & Co.

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Wallaroy Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 2nd March 1929 – Richardson & Wrench and Hardie & Gorman, with Marshall & Dempster

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Bayswater Estate, Double Bay – Thursday 15th April 1909, 11.30 am – Raine & Horne (for the Commercial Building & Investment Co.)

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Building sites in Cooper, Henrietta & Bay Streets and New South Head Road, Double Bay

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Glanworth Estate, Darling Point – Friday 13th November 1908 – Richardson & Wrench

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House & six business sites, New South Head Road near Darling Point – Saturday 31st July 1886 – Mills & Pile

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Kilvington Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 12th December 1925 – H. W. Horning & Co.

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Orielton Estate, Edgecliff – hand-drawn plan (Albert & Ocean Streets)

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Edgecliff – 13 choice building sites, Carlotta Road – Tuesday 3rd June 1919 – H. W. Horning & Co.

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Brantwood Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 4th February 1928 – Richardson & Wrench

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Wallaroy Crescent & Manning Road subdivision plan – John Miller & Co.

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate – Saturday 31st January 1914 – Raine & Horne

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Wallaroy (Lower Gardens) Estate, Edgecliff – Thursday 15th May 1924 – Raine & Horne

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Continuation sale – second subdivision, Edgecliff Estate, Woollahra – Saturday 11th September 1886 – Batt, Rodd & Purves

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Hillside Estate, Edgecliff Road – Thursday 10th July 1919 – Raine & Horne with Marshall & Dempster

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Edgecliff Estate, Woollahra – for private sale – The Land Company of Australasia

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Edgecliff Estate – sale brochure

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Wallaroy Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 2nd March 1929 (another copy)

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Dilbhur Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 12th November 1927 (another copy)

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2 – Saturday 20th March 1915 – Raine & Horne

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Wallaroy Crescent subdivision plan – John Miller & Co. (another copy)

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2 – Saturday 3rd May 1919 (another copy)

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Brantwood Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 4th February 1928 (another copy)

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2 – Saturday 20th March 1915 (another copy)

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2 – Saturday 20th March 1915 (another copy)

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2 – Saturday 20th March 1915 (another copy)

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Kilvington Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 12th December 1925 (another copy)

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Wallaroy Crescent subdivision plan (another copy)

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Edgecliff – Carlotta Road building sites – Tuesday 3rd June 1919 (another copy)

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Brantwood Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 4th February 1928 (repeat of the image above)

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2 – Saturday 20th March 1915 (repeat of the image above)

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2 – Saturday 20th March 1915 (repeat of the image above)

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Wallaroy Crescent Estate No. 2 – Saturday 20th March 1915 (repeat of the image above)

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Kilvington Estate, Edgecliff – Saturday 12th December 1925 (repeat of the image above)

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Wallaroy Crescent subdivision plan (repeat of the image above)

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Edgecliff – Carlotta Road building sites – Tuesday 3rd June 1919 (repeat of the image above)

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