Barnett Levy

Journal article

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In Journal Issue

Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 1, 7 (1942)

Author(s) A Hyman AbstractGeorge Street, in the early days. of Sydney, was known as Sergeant-Major's Row, from the fact that a number of senior non-commissioned officers of the New South Wales Corps resided in and around that locality. They were accustomed to add to their incomes by keeping, under license, what were then known as "grog shops." About 1807 a Sergeant Ricketts was given a lease of an allotment of 1 rood 17 perches (later known as 72 George Street) in the Row. This subsequently became the site of the first Royal Hotel. On this site. Dymock's Building now stands. The present owners purchased the land in 1922 for £15,000.
Year1942
Pages223-235