On 12/01/2010, at 12:03 PM, Daryl wrote: > long time since i have driven around home but there is a Sydney > Place and > Ave and both intersect > between Swanston and Garden st a few hundred meters from the hospital > heading toward Queenscliffe side of the hospital > > cheers > Daryl > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Goldstraw" <goldies@westvic.com.au> > To: "AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTICT" <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:47 AM > Subject: [GEELONG] Sydney Place >>> Can someone please help. I have a death of a relative 1883 at Sydney >>> Place >>> Geelong but I can't seem to find where it might have been. There >>> is a >>> Sydney Ave near the hospital now and I wondered if it was the same >>> street. >>> >>> Many thanks >>> Cheers Chris Google Maps and Melway both list Sydney Av Sydney Ct Sydney Pde in the block Daryl mentions. No Sydney Place. Sydney Parade is a major street, and Sydney Ave crosses it in the form of a St Andrew's Cross. It's possible that the abbreviations Pde and Pl may have been confused. However, on the central Geelong Melway map and the Street View Google map, there is a Thorne Pl running parallel to Sydney Pde from Swanston St, and this ends in a right-angled turn towards Admiral Pl. This is too short to be labelled in most maps, but the Street View shows three buildings on it. Worth a drive around to explore? Is it possible that there was a Sydney Place on the other side of Swanston Street which has been swallowed up by the hospital as it expanded?