Hi John This painting is in the Jonhston book. cheers \ Grahame On 26/02/2009, at 1:01 PM, John wrote: > > > Thanks Jennie, > > > So entrenched did the idea become that Brickfields Hill had been > the slope > where Anthony Hordens finished up, a bit down from the Town Hall (old > burial ground) in George Street, that there was even a later > suggestion > written by someone that the early painting published that seems to > have > been from a drawing done at Brickfield Hill, on the road to > Parramatta, > must have been 'reversed'. > > For that painting is easiest to understand if it were done on the > southern > side of the small creek valley through the early haymarkets. It > takes some > mental gymnastics to envisage it as being done where the final Anthony > Hordens department store went up, whence the idea that it might > have been > reversed somehow in the printing process. > > I can discuss finer details more off list if interested. > > > Best Regards, > > > > > John > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > At 02:37 AM 26/02/2009 +0900, you wrote: > >> Hi Grahame & John & Liz > >> Just to follow up on the Brickfield Hill location and butt into your >> discussion: >> >> Book: 'Early Sydney (1984) by Tess van Sommers states: "One of >> the early >> convicts who was a skilled craftsman was James BLOODWORTH, >> brickmaker. He >> earned his pardon by helping to establish the first brickworks at >> Brickfield >> Hill. By the end of 1789, there were three kilns going, turning >> out 30,000 >> bricks and tiles a month. The early brickmakers had to knead the >> clay with >> their feet.' And it goes on. >> >> Also, I have been corresponding with Susan on this PJ List about a >> book in >> my possession titled "The Story of Old George Street" by Charles >> H. Bertie >> (1920). >> On Page 35 there is an illustration (full page) of 'GEORGE STREET ON >> BRICKFIELD HILL IN AUGUST, 1796' captioned: Convicts are seen >> bringing in >> timber on a waggon drawn by bullocks. Three years previously >> these waggons >> and those for carrying bricks and tiles from the brickfields in >> the vicinity >> of Campbell Street were drawn by teams of convicts. >> >> On Page 33: the text states: 'A little further south, about the >> intersection of Bathurst street, we have the site of the picture >> "Brickfield >> Hill in 1796" reproduced on page 35. This was taken from Collin's >> account >> of New South Wales, published in 1798. The cart, it will be >> observed, is >> drawn by bullocks. If Captain Collins' artist had drawn his >> picture about >> three years earlier (in 1793), the bullocks sould have been >> replaced by men. >> Writing in December of that year, of the bricks made lower down >> the hill, >> Collins says: - >> "To convey these materials from the brickfield to the barrack >> ground, a >> distance of about three-quarters of a mile, three brick carts were >> employed, >> each drawn by 12 men, under the direction of one overseer. Seven >> hundred >> tiles, or 350 bricks, were brought by each cart, and every cart, >> in the day, >> brought either five loads of bricks or four of tiles." To bring >> in the >> timber, four timber carriages were employed, each being drawn by >> 24 men. >> For a number of years in early Sydney the use of bullocks, in >> place of >> horses, was universal. They were used in shafts like horses, in >> teams with >> traces, and even for riding purposes. The road down BRICKFIELD >> HILL became >> populated within a year or two of the foundation of the Colony. >> In 1790 a >> road to the brick kiln was made, and Collins, in December 1793, >> says that >> 150 huts had been added since the departure of Governor Phillip, >> and that >> "the huts extended nearly to the brickfields whence others were >> building to >> meet them, and thus unite that district with the town." These >> brickfields >> were situated in the vicinity bounded roughly by George, Campbell, >> Elizabeth >> and Goulburn streets. On the corner of Goulburn street we have >> the large >> stores of Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons. The original Anthony >> Hordern >> arrived in Sydney in the early 'twenties of last century, and >> opened a >> coachbuilding works in King Street, on the site of the "Truth" >> offices; >> while his wife conducted a haberdashery shop alongside. Their two >> sons, >> Anthony and Lebbius, opened a shop on BRICKFIELD HILL, the site of >> which is >> incorporated in the present building. The business was afterwards >> removed >> to the Haymarket where Mr. Sam Hordern, son of Anthony No. 2, >> built up the >> huge concern of today. On July 10, 1901, a devastating fire swept >> through >> the Haymarket premises, unfortunately attended with loss of life, >> which, in >> two hours, destroyed half a million pounds worth of goods. The >> present >> premises were thereafter built.' >> >> Hope some of the above is helpful. >> Cheers Jennie >> W.A. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT- > JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message