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A Two-Hour Walk Around Balmain

Historic Balmain village was named after William Balmain, a
ship’s surgeon on the First Fleet. In 1800, he was granted rights
to 223 ha (550 acres) of the penin sula, which he later sold for
a paltry 5 shillings in a dubious business transaction. From the
mid-1800s, much of the land was subdivided for housing to
support the then flourishing mining and maritime industries.
Today, grand Colonial and Victorian buildings stand side by
side with tiny workers’ cottages, adding variety to every street.

park, Hampton Villa 7 at 12B
Yurulbin
Grafton Street was home to Yurulbin
Point
Point
state premier Henry Parkes. Colourful flower cart on Darling p p Birchgr
Birchgroveove
Turn right into Ewenton Street Street, Balmain
and then left into Wallace Street, J J
with its variety of early Australian R O A D R O A D
architecture. The rough stone L O U I S A
L O U I S A
home at No. 1 is called the
Railway Station as its narrow
frontage makes it resemble Snails
Snails
3 The Waterman’s Cottage, made of one. The charming Bay Bay
locally sourced sandstone Clontarf 8 is at No. 4,
BIRCHGROVE
while Maitland House o o BIRCHGROVE
PARK
PARK
East Balmain 9 has a symmetry
Begin from the Balmain East Wharf worth a second THE T E R R AC E T R E E T
i
i
G R O V E S T R E E T
at the bottom of Darling Street 1. glance. Return THE T E R R AC E W H A R F R O A D
FERDINAND ST
By the 1840s, when the ferry ser­ to Darling STREET STREET FERDINAND ST R O S E S T R E E T G R O V E S
W H A R F R O A D
vice began, ship yards dotted these Street.
R O S E S T R E E T
foreshores. The sandstone building RIVER RIVER COVE STREET BAY S BAY S B A L L A S T W H A R F R O A D
ROWNTREE STREET
at No. 10 Darling Street 2, once Y E E N D
COVE STREET
W H A R F R O A D
B A L L A S T P O I N T
P O I N T
S H O R T S T R E E T
M C K E L L S T R E E T
M C K E L L S T R E E T
the Dolphin Hotel then the Ship­ ROWNTREE STREET R O A D
G I P P S S T R E E T TREET
Y E E N D
R O A D
B I R C H G R O V E R O A D
T H O M A S S T R E E T
T H O M A S S T R E E T
wright’s Arms, was a watering hole u O R T S T R E E T S T R E E T
GOW STREET
S T R E E T
for sailors and ferrymen. Opposite GOW STREET B I R C H G R O V E R O A D G I P P S S T R E E T TREET
u
S H
S P R I N G
S P R I N G
is The Waterman’s Cottage (1841) BAY STREET BAY STREET
MORT BAY
3, home to Henry McKenzie, S T R E E S T R E E T MORT BAY
PARK
PARK
whose boat ferried residents TERRACE STREET STREET C A M E R O N S T R E E T Mort

Mort
to and from Sydney Town. STREET STREET T Balmain Bay Bay
Balmain
MACQUARI
TERRACE E
MACQUARIE
Turn left into Weston Street STREET STREET STREET STREET TROUTON ST
C A M E R O N S T R E E T
and walk through the Illoura y NORTH STREET NORTH STREET ROWNTREE C U R STREET STREET
SHORT T I S
Reserve for views of the city SHORT ROWNTREE C U R T I S R S T R E E T T R E E T REET
C A M P B E L L S T R E E T
S
T H A M E S S T R E E T
TROUTON STREET
and Darling Harbour. Leave the y PHILLIP PHILLIP CHURCH R O A D STREET STREET J J G A L L I M O R E Balmain
C L A Y T O N
Balmain
WATERVIEW STREET
park via William and Johnston CHURCH O A D C L A Y T O N T H A M E S S T R E E T C A M P B E L L S T R E E T 5 5 PLACE NICHOLSON STREET East East
GILCHRIST

G A L L I M O R E
GILCHRIST
PLACE
t
Streets, stopping in the latter t r e e COLLEGE COLLEGE MORT MORT C U R T I S WATERVIEW STREET DUKE STREET A V E A V E 1 1
r
C U R T I S
to view Onkaparinga 4, the DUNCAN L G AT E AV E N U E S T R E E T J J
T R E E T
NICHOLSON STREET

DUKE STREET
Colonial residence at No. 12. LLEWELL ST MONTAGUE STREET ST MONTAGUE STREET FORD ST FORD ST R O A D R O A D DUNCAN C O L G AT E AV E N U E C O O P E R S T C O O P E R S T THE AVE THE AVE STACK ST S 3 3 2 2
LLEWELLYNYN
D A R L I N G
STACK ST
When building started in 1860, D A R L I N G w w STREET STREET 0 0 D A R L I N G PAUL STREET WESTON WESTON
PAUL STREET
C O
D A R L I N G
4
mussel shells from Aboriginal S T R E E T D AT C H E T T UNION ST UNION ST 4 PEARSON ST ST ST
PEARSON ST
S T R E E T
feasts stood in mounds upon GLADSTONE q GLADSTONE STREET ADOLPHUS ADOLPHUS WALLACE ST S T R E E T JUBILEE PLACE D AT C H E T T S T R E E T JOHNSTON ST JOHNSTON ST
GLADSTONE
q GLADSTONE STREET
EWENTON
the harbour foreshore beyond. PARK PARK WALLACE ST EWENTON PARK HOSKING ST
PARK
Turn left onto Darling Street 8 8 EWENTON S T R E E T 6 6 J HOSKING ST WILLIAM STREET EDWARD ST
then right into Duke Street. STEPHEN STREET STEPHEN STREET 9 STREET 9 STREET EWENTON
JUBILEE PLACE S T R E E T
J
WILLIAM STREET EDWARD ST
Gilchrist Place then leads down 7 7 Peacock
J
J
Peacock
to Mort Bay Reserve 5. Ships’ G R A F T O N S T R E E T Point Point
G R A F T O N S T R E E T
propellers stand as monuments
to the area’s working past.
A path leads up to The Avenue’s
timber workers’ cottages.
Back on Darling Street, turn
left down Killeen Street. Take
the path across Ewenton Park
to Ewenton 6 (c.1854). Past the The domestic grandeur of Louisa Road
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