Castlereagh Street circa 1860


This is the Victoria Club in the early 1860s, well-known in its day. Around 1871 it was converted to government offices, the fig tree cut down, and the front fence moved back to realign with the rest of the street.

Castlereagh Street, Sydney 1867, Victoria Club
This took me quite a bit of locating to place, as it's listed as being at 136 Castlereagh Street. However, in those days Castlereagh ran all the way to the Quay, with a break between Bligh St. At some point it was renumbered starting at Hunter Street, so today's 136 is past Market Street. However, using old maps and newspapers I concluded it was actually located opposite Hoskins Place.

Today-



(A clearer photo of it around 1870.)

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