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Title needs amending to Australian Eleven Hotel. It was on Elizabeth Street at the NE corner with Kettle Street, across the street from Redfern Park. See www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/6662642331/sizes/o/ Grid 10D - it was still there in 1928, so this is not a demolition photo. Mrs Laura Creamer was landlady in the late 1880s - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28355508 - and from the crossed-out sign, it looks like she had recently been replaced. I am not sure how to look up licencees, bu the date must be c.1890 like several of these 4481 photos with vignetting at the corners. I wonder what the story behind this photo is?

Google maps Street View - g.co/maps/q5atz

Australian Eleven Hotel, John L. Kettle, 157-159 Elizabeth Street, Redfern. - 1888 Sands. Australian Eleven Hotel, Don McDonald, 169 Elizabeth Street, Redfern. - 1918 Sands.

At the Licensing Court on Tuesday 7th January 1890, the license for the Australian Eleven Hotel was transferred from John Lewis Kettle to Edwin Berry. - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13755547

Here we go - the license was previously transferred from Laura Creamer to John Kettle at the Licensing Court session of Tuesday 22nd March 1887. - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13629948

Not a Bleriot XI, and not actually even close enough to call it a direct copy. Walker monoplane would be more appropriate.

Victor Thomas Trumper (2 November 1877[a] – 28 June 1915) was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found unplayable. Archie MacLaren said of him, "Compared to Victor I was a cab-horse to a Derby winner". Trumper was also a key figure in the foundation of rugby league in Australia. Some notable highlights of Trumper's career include scoring 292 against Tasmania, including a century before lunch (1908); scoring 100 in 58 minutes against Victoria (1906); 201 against South Australia (1913). His innings of 293 for an Australian XI against Canterbury (1914), scored in a little over three hours, was made in partnership with Arthur Sims (184 not out), and their stand of 433 still remains the record for the eighth wicket in first-class cricket, and Trumper's innings remains the highest score by a number nine batsman. His last 68 first-class innings, from 1910 to 1914, gave him an average of 60. His ability as a batsman, however, cannot be valued by averages or the number of runs scored. His mastership was shown on bad wickets, for when other batsmen were struggling merely to keep their wickets intact, he was still able to time the ball and execute strokes all around the wicket. In February 1913 a match was played for his benefit between New South Wales and the rest of Australia which, with subscriptions, yielded nearly £3000. Trumper was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1903. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Trumper