PS: When I tried looking into this myself (made just one trip to Sydney archives but was unable to continue) I came upon what I think is a little known fact .. that the "City" itself .. council or City commissioners (not the State/Colonial government) ... also once had its own brickworks. This was no doubt somewhere a bit futher out, towards Newtown/Camperdown, and wasn't the Brickfields Hill (which by that time had probably been built over?). This works was later disposed of, but when operating it apparently made curved bricks .. of the type that the Tank Stream was eventually enclosed by and put underground. I couldn't find any more on this other than that it was decided at some point to sell it off, nor precisely where this brickmaking for the town or city public works usage went on. Not sure if they ever used bricks for public footpaths or for any other Council-controlled purpose apart from drainage works. Gave up on that too, and flittered butterfly-like on to other more succulent or more readily opening blooms. I'll keep this short as I realise convicts are not bricks and it is off topic for anyone who is not mad keen on bricks. Cheers, John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks Grahame, The book is new but I think the statement that Brickfield Hill is George Street between Town Hall and the bottom of the slope is old hat. I look forward to someone solving this little seeming enigma definitively, although perhaps this is not possible and some history gets lost forever. Cheers, John At 04:41 PM 25/02/2009 +1100, you wrote: >Yes thanks John. I was part of that debate, and hence why I made the >post drawing attention to this new book. > >cheers > >Grahame > >On 25/02/2009, at 4:27 PM, John wrote: > >> >> >> Hi Grahame, >> >> >> This has been a topic of much former discussion on this list, as to >> the >> (original) location of the Brickfield Hill, which is a very much >> mentioned >> place in Sydney or Port Jackson history. >> > >------------------------------- >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 > >