11 Beattie Street, Balmain NSW 2041
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About Little Beattie Street
The first extracted Sands reference is 1876.
- 11/3/1881 — Little Beattie Street was changed to Beattie Lane by Balmain Municipal Council Minute of 11/3/1881 and changed back by 1886.
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
Quarryman’s Cottage
The journal identifies this small house at 11 Beattie Street as the Quarryman’s Cottage. Its caption records that quarryman William Brunton bought the site from John Cavill in 1864.
The property belongs to Cavill’s subdivision near the junction of Darling and Beattie Streets, where tradespeople acquired small allotments. The documented land purchase is not proof that the cottage was built in the same year; its construction date remains unspecified.
Peter Reynolds, “John Cavill (1812–1898): A Cornish Stonemason”, Leichhardt Historical Journal 7, pp. 6, 8 (PDF pp. 6, 8). Read journal
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William Brunton
William Brunton is recorded in the journal in connection with Quarryman’s Cottage.
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William Brunton — Purchaser; quarryman · 1864
1864
William Brunton is recorded in the journal in connection with Quarryman’s Cottage.
Sources:
Peter Reynolds, “John Cavill (1812–1898): A Cornish Stonemason”, Leichhardt Historical Journal 7, pp. 6, 8 (PDF pp. 6, 8).
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1864
* Historical information for marked Timeline entries sourced from Peter Reynolds, Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 7, “John Cavill (1812–1898): A Cornish Stonemason”, p. 6, 8.
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