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Glass Negative - Kent Street Millers Point, circa 1901

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Unique IDA-01000199SeriesDemolition Books - Glass NegativesDateBetween 1st January 1901 and 31st December 1901Date qualifiercircaFormatPhotograph - Glass NegativeNavigationSee Related Items for the Print of this image.DescriptionThe brick building on the corner of Gas Lane, at 171 Kent Street, was a factory for Zetz Spa in 1901. Mineral spring water from Ballimore, near Dubbo, was bottled here. A delivery cart is parked on the street out the front. In March 1900, the business owner J W Cockbaine, who was also Petersham’s mayor, complained about John Mannix’s ‘lower class boarding house’ next door at 173 Kent Street. In a letter to the council in March 1900, Cockbaine complained that ‘they burn bones, old boots and creating a terrible stink their yard is lower than the drain & as the fowls ducks etc. kept by them stir it up, the effluvia is nauseous.’ Charles Francis Doutreband was also involved in Zetz Spa. He was a Belgian immigrant who lived at Dubbo for a time, and coincidentally owned land that council purchased for its municipal garage. David McDonald lived in the house adjoining at 175 Kent Street. According the Assessment Books for 1896 and 1901, the three buildings in this line were owned by Miss E Dunn, probably inherited from Hannah Viles Dunn (1813 –98), who in turn inherited them from John Brown Viles. (References: J W Cockbaine, inspection of premises 173 Kent Street 1900, City of Sydney Archives, A-00149114, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/768559; 'Zetz Spa', Sunday Times, 2 April 1899, p. 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127382976; 'Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction', NSW Government Gazette, 24 December 1863, p. 2853, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225838448; ‘Among the tombs’, Truth, 11 May 1902, p. 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200511169).LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Special citationThe brick building on the corner of Gas Lane was a factory for Zetz Spa. Mineral spring water from Ballimore, near Dubbo, was bottled here. In March 1900, the business owner J W Cockbaine, also Petersham’s mayor, complained about John Mannix’s ‘lower class boarding house’ next door. Mannix burnt bones and old boots, and kept chickens and ducks that stirred up the yard, causing noxious fumes.Author/creatorCity of SydneyPublisherCity of Sydney

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Characteristics

Colour depthGrayscaleDimensions16.51 x 21.59 cm (6.5 x 8.5 in)Image aspectLandscape

Address

Street number171-175Street nameKentStreet typeStreetSuburbMillers PointPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

Building Information

Extant buildingNoBuilding ownerMiss E Dunn

Access

Public access statusRestricted (fragile) - do not issue

Identification

Source system ID094/094043Alternative ID51/4786

Data quality

Authenticity & integrityThis is an original glass negative image created by the Municipal Council of Sydney. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity.

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CollectionDemolition Books - Glass NegativesDeveloping Sydney: Capturing change 1900-1920Millers PointKent StreetBoxCSA069334Related ItemsA-00040897 Print - Kent Street Millers Point, circa 1901

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Glass Negative - Kent Street Millers Point, circa 1901