M'Crory's Court, Clarence Street, Sydney, Nov 1875

PXA 984/8

series

1875

Graphic Materials, Photographs

421816

Photographs - 1 albumen photoprint - 12.8 x 19.6 cm., on mount 20.5 x 27 cm.

Personal inspection by sub-committee no.1, consisting of, R.B. Read, Esq., and M. Chapman, Esq.
Eighth day, Monday, 29 Nov, 1875. Clarence Street to Market Street
"We inspected M'Crory's court or lane, which also leads out of Clarence-street. The width of this lane is just 5 feet, and in front of the houses is a high blank wall. The houses it contains are four in number each room being 10 ft. x 10 ft., and 8 feet high, and very badly ventilated. The owner of them only charges his tenants 5s. a week, in order to keep his property clear prostitutes, from whom he could obtain higher rates ; it may therefore be considered a respectable if not an eligible place of residence. There is one closet for the four houses with direct action. This closet is in the centre of the row, and presents the same external appearance as the houses on either side of it, so that there is nothing about it to warn visitors not to knock at the wrong door. -- Excerpt from: Sydney City and Suburban Sewage and Health Board : Eleventh progress report. Evidence taken before No. 11 Committee / NSW Legislative Assembly. Sydney : Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1876. p.21 (Q628.0991/S Mitchell Library)
Digital order no:a424008

Page 21 / M'Crory's Court / 8th day 29 Nov 75 -- in pencil below image at lower left
"Lower George Street" -- in ink below image at lower left