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Trying to work out exactly where in Bettington St this was? Are the shadows from the White Star Hotel's chimneys? Below the "B" on this map? - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=0...

I think the White Star Hotel was on the next corner (Merriman Street), above the "GT" on the map. This is the view above the "B": investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... The shadows may be from the chimneys and attic windows of these buildings: investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... I found this photo which appears to show the street (Nunn Street?) at the back of the Commonwealth Free Kindergarten (note the sign): www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab84921/1/b11466 "The Miller's Point Free Kindergarten was first established at Munn Street. In 1909, that building was demolished by street widening and a new school was erected in Bettington Street by the Sydney Harbour Trust at a cost of £1,114 13s 3d." - From the Quay by Harvey Shore (Kensington : NSW University Press, 1981) p. 67.

pellethepoet Thanks for that, it makes sense to me now. I was wrongly thinking the street above the "B" was Merrriman Street, because Rodens Lane is not marked. Which leaves me shocked and horrified to see how much headland and how many houses they demolished to make the new wharves beneath. I hope Paul Keating manages to get it all restored in the Barangaroo project! Google Maps satellite image of the area might help others who are confused - maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...

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Caption: VSers Pearl Hartz, Rawley Shank, & Mary Bixler speak with Mrs. William Henderson who gave formal expression of community appreciation. Barbara Troyer, 1-W Services offices in back of Pearl. Wayne Kratzer is pulling curtains aside. Jan 22, 1956.