ferrylane

Pottinger Street looking south and up towards Windmill Street. c.1901. Google Street view - maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...

The street on the left is named Ferry Street on this 1858 Map of Sydney - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1272-sd&rgn=0...

See current view here (pellethepoet) - www.flickr.com/photos/pellethepoet/4330217516/ Also fascinating detail about other views of Ferry Lane / Street / Place including this 1897 painting by Sir William Johnson - nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an2284261, and this same photograph with street names from the State Record NSW - investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... .

I have always doubted the "1897" date of the William Johnson painting nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an2284261 . Closer inspection reveals the side of the 1900 Stevens Building www.flickr.com/photos/29029178@N03/2865095772/ in Windmill Street between the 'Hero of Waterloo' and the 'Hit & Miss' Hotels - the west wall and a couple of chimneys. Obviously they cannot have been there in 1897, and implies that the photo came BEFORE the artwork, as in several other instances.

Whoopee - the National Library has changed the date of the Johnson painting to "Ca.1902". Which is a bit odd, as I think the artist signed it " '01 ". Anyway, the photo was first.

pellethepoet It's great to see Ferry Lane in the process of change here.

beachcomber australia Yes, and it also shows the buildings in Downshire Street clearly -

A lot of those buildings nearest the coast are still standing. The Stevens building trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/111312253 is obvious at the top of old Pottinger St. The last resident was moved out yesterday morning as part of the new rocks resumption. All change. Again.

noctorum That's no good about the last resident. The Stevens building helped get a painting re-dated - see ...



Unfortunately we have lost the notes in Flickr's latest incarnation.

beachcomber australia Though hidden, the notes are still there, so not lost entirely. Fingers-crossed Flickr will re-activate them at some point. [I use an old version of Firefox (16.0.1) which gives me access to the notes.]

I wonder if pellethepoet knows where this is?

I think that Harrington Lane no longer exists. I think it was under what is now the Four Seasons Hotel in the area bounded by Harrington Street, George Street and the Cahill Expressway - although it probably used to cross the line of what is now the Cahill - I'm trying to find an old online map to confirm this. It is probably less than 50 metres from where the city office of State Records NSW currently sits.

Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection What a lovely suprise! An undiscovered image of Ferry Lane - who would have thunk it! I love the touch of the boy in the foreground. I must say it is strikingly similiar to the John Henry Harvey photo I identified at the State Library of Victoria, which I mentioned here

OK, pellethepoet and beachcomberaustralia are you saying that this is definately NOT a pic of Harrington Lane? And could you please teach me how you put the little member icons/avatars into the comments?

BobMeade Just hover over and press the "Reply" button on the message above. BobMeade BobMeade BobMeade BobMeade BobMeade Yes it is Ferry Lane - pellethepoet's favourite laneway! Definitely NOT Harrington Lane, which is a block north of where you thought - in the block bounded by Harrington, Argyle, George and Globe Streets. See here at large size -