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Municipal Markets, Haymarket

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Alternative nameSydney MarketsCity MarketsDescription

This collection contains a small selection of archives relating to the Municipal Markets, a complex of market buildings constructed by the City Council in Haymarket, Sydney.

The Municipal Markets were designed by Architect and City Building Surveyor Robert Brodrick and James Merriman, Architect and Chief Draftsman. The series of market buildings, including vegetable, fruit, poultry and fish markets as well as cold storage works, were constructed between 1909 and 1912. They were the source of all the fresh produce in the city.

Vegetable markets

The Vegetable Market No 1 was officially opened by Lord Mayor Allen Taylor on 16 November 1909. The market provided accommodation for about 310 carts with horses and a similar number of stalls on benches. Paddy’s Markets also shifted across to the new market site from the Belmore Markets. The building is now known as Market City.

The Sydney Farm Produce Market Authority (generally known as the Sydney Market Authority) was created by the state government in 1968 to take over from the council the function of controlling the Vegetable Markets. The new market buildings at Flemington were completed in 1975 and all the wholesale fruit and vegetable markets shifted out there. The Vegetable Market No 1 site was redeveloped by the state government in the 1990s with a commercial and residential tower above it. Paddy’s Markets continues to trade in the original Vegetable Market No 1, with a small corner dedicated to agents selling fruit and vegetables. Some of the other market buildings in the area have also found new uses.

Fish markets

The Fish Market, Woolloomooloo operated at Bourke and Plunkett Streets from 1871.

In 1891, of a second, privately owned fish market, known as the 'Southern Fish Market' opened in Redfern Street, Redfern. The Woolloomooloo market became known as the 'Eastern Market'.

A new fish market, opened in 1911, at Thomas Street Haymarket, known as the City Fish Market. Fish markets were centralised at the City Markets after the passing of the Sydney Corporation (Fish Markets) Act, 1922.

The Fish Marketing Authority was established in 1964, by the NSW State Government, and it established a regulated wholesale market. The Fish Market was moved by this organisation from Haymarket to its current location at Blackwattle Bay, Pyrmont opening there in 1966.

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Wikipedia - Sydney Fish Market

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Municipal Markets, Quay Street Haymarket, circa 1935

City Markets Number 1 Building, Hay Street Haymarket, 2000

City Markets Number 1 Building on the corner of Thomas Street and Hay Street Haymarket, 2000

City Markets Number 1 Building, Haymarket, 2000

City Markets Number 4 Building, Quay Street Haymarket, 2000

Glass Negative - Municipal Fruit and Vegetable Markets, Haymarket, circa 1920

Streetscape, view north west along Quay Street Haymarket, 1955

Print - Streetscape with Chinese businesses, Hay and Sussex Streets Haymarket, circa 1919

Print - Municipal Vegetable Markets, Haymarket, 1920

Print - Fruit Market and Cold Storage Works, Haymarket, circa 1911

Print - Vegetable Market Number 2, Haymarket, 1920

Print - Streetscape towards Municipal Market No 3, Hay Street Haymarket, 1937

Print - Construction of the City Municipal Fruit Market Building Number 3 in Haymarket, 1911

Print - Clearing work for the City Municipal Fruit Market Building Number 3, corner of Ultimo Road and Quay Streets Haymarket, 1910

Print - Construction site for City Municipal Fruit Market Building Number 3, Hay and Quay Streets Haymarket, 1910

Print - Terrace houses and backyards, Ultimo Street Haymarket, 1910

Print - Streetscape with terraces along Ultimo Street Haymarket, 1910

Print - Construction work on City Municipal Vegetable Market Building Number 1, corner of Thomas and Hay Streets Haymarket, 1909

Print - Construction of the City Municipal Vegetable Market Building Number 1 in Haymarket, 1909

Print - Construction of City Municipal Market Building Number 5 Fish Market in Haymarket, 1910

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Plan - Details of Market 2 features, Haymarket, 1909

Plan - Elevation and sections Market 2, Haymarket, 1909

Plan - Elevations for Market 2, Haymarket, 1909

Plan - First floor of Fruit Markets, New Quay Street and Engine Street Haymarket, 1910

Plan - Poultry Markets, Ultimo and Quay Streets and Thomas Lane Haymarket, 1911

Plan - Elevations of Market Stores, Ultimo Road Haymarket, 1910

Plan - Renovations to Fish Market, Quay and Thomas Street, 1940

Plan - Fish Markets, Thomas Street Haymarket, 1923

Plan - Fish Market, Thomas Street Haymarket, 1923

Plan - Markets No 1 and 2, Haymarket, 1910

Plan - Hay Street Vegetable Markets, Haymarket, 1909

Plan - Fish Markets, Thomas Street Haymarket, 1909

Plan - Poultry Markets, Haymarket, 1911

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File - History of the Municipal Markets by Mr JH Neilson, 1935-1936

File - Municipal Markets - extension and remodelling, Haymarket, 1928-1929

File - Experiments in cold storage of tomatoes & tomato pulp, 1933

File - Proposal to prescribe as Marketing area and control opening hours, Haymarket, 1932-1935

File - Complaint about conduct of youths in Municipal Markets, Haymarket, 1932

File - Report on conditions at Municipal Markets, 1923

File - Municipal Markets - Declaration as market area, 1941

Books & Journals

The Sydney markets, 1788-1988/ Michael Christie

Construction of the City Municipal Vegetable Market Building Number 1 in Haymarket, circa 1909 (A-00038631)

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