45 Waterview Street, Balmain NSW 2041
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About Waterview Street
Historical/alternate name evidence: George Street. The first extracted Sands reference is 1861.
- 1840 — Called George Street in 1840s for George Cooper.
- 49 Waterview Street, c1855, built by Captain William Sawyer, later called Regimbah .
- George Street
Some historical information was obtained using Streets, Lanes, and Places 1836–2017 by Yvonne Davidson and Kathleen Hamey, The Balmain Association Inc. (2017).
The story of this home
Lisrona Cottage
Shipwright James Jackson bought the land in September 1877. Peter Reynolds’s narrative dates his weatherboard Lisrona Cottage to 1879, although the journal’s summary table gives 1877. The building year therefore remains qualified.
Jackson died at the house in 1922. His wife remained until her death in 1927, and their daughter Theresa Josephine subsequently lived there until 1935. The neighbouring 45A was a later, separate house built in 1929.
Peter Reynolds, “From Cooper Street to Waterview Street: Waterview Estate 1835–1970, Part 3”, Leichhardt Historical Journal 24, pp. 81–82 (PDF pp. 83–84). Read journal
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James Jackson
James Jackson is recorded in the journal in connection with Lisrona Cottage.
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James Jackson — Owner and resident · 1877–1922
1877–1922
James Jackson is recorded in the journal in connection with Lisrona Cottage.
Sources:
Peter Reynolds, “From Cooper Street to Waterview Street: Waterview Estate 1835–1970, Part 3”, Leichhardt Historical Journal 24, pp. 81–82 (PDF pp. 83–84).
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Sep 1877
* Historical information for marked Timeline entries sourced from Peter Reynolds, Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 24, “From Cooper Street to Waterview Street: Waterview Estate 1835-1970: Part 3”, p. 81–82.
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