Peter (and others), Can I suggest that when you quote an address in Hobart (and probably other towns), you also include any information regarding adjoining properties and occupiers, and the location with respect to the nearest cross streets. The valuation rolls include all the cross streets so this should be easy. The street numbering in Hobart has changed substantially at least twice in the last 200 years (as have a few street names), so addresses quoted in older documents and newspapers may not correspond with those of today. The Metropolitan Drainage Board detail plans provide a convenient reference for much of the city, fixing the addresses as of 1905. The map of Hobart compiled in 1858 by F Proeschel gives quite a few addresses and pinpoints the location of many businesses (not all, unfortunately, probably only those who paid a subscription). Several inner Hobart streets have been lengthened and/or rebuilt well into Hobart's history, necessitating re-numbering. Obvious examples are: Campbell Street (originally known as Bridge Street) only went as far as (the bridge at) Collins Street; Elizabeth Street was extended beyond Macquarie Street when the Town Hall was built; Davey Street was extended from Murray Street to the Old Wharf in the late 1800s. -- Regards Mike Hurburgh --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com