Balmain

Lost Names

Gilchrist Place
Named after John Gilchrist of Calcutta who exported rum to Sydney, it was granted to William Balmain in 1800. It is now known as Balmain and Rozelle.

Solling, Max and Reynolds, Peter, Leichhardt:On The Margins of the City, St. Leonards, 1997, p.14-5

Nearby Lost Names

Darling Park
So named in 1889; it is now called Gladstone Park in Balmain.

Australian Council of National Trusts, Historic Places of Australia, 2vols., Sydney and Melbourne, 1978.

Elizabeth Bay
Eliminated by the development of Sydney's Balmain; there is another Elizabeth Bay further east near Potts Point.

Clancy, Robert, The Mapping of Terra Australis, Sydney, 1995, p.179.

Flagstaff Hill
Earlier called Windmill Hill, it is now called Observatory Hill in Sydney.

Turnbull, Lucy, Sydney : biography of a city, Sydney, 1999, p.237.

Pyrmont Bay
Eliminated by the development of Sydney's Pyrmont.

Clancy, Robert, The Mapping of Terra Australis, Sydney, 1995, p.179.

Whitfield's Farm
Named after Private George Whitfield of the NSW corps in 1796. Now the Sydney suburb of Birchgrove.

Solling, Max and Reynolds, Peter, Leichhardt: On The Margins of the City, St. Leonards, 1997, p. 15.