Topic: AAC-Photo Albums
Australian Service Personnel
Photograph Albums
Bent Street, Paddington Album Contents
Bent Street , Paddington, 1916 and 2011
Bent Street, Paddington, is one of the most curious streets in Sydney history. Although having only 32 houses in the street by 1920, this small street contained a cross section of Australian life during the time examined, from 1890 to 1920. The street contained shops, a coal depot, magistrates, landlords, labourers, miners, tenants, and all the other groups of people that inhabited the streets. In it also resided the first Australian Labor Party Prime Minister, John Christian Watson.
The street came into prominence when an article appeared in the Sydney Mail, 9 August 1916, p.12. It was inspired by the local ALP M.L.A., Mr. Osborne, who collected 29 portraits of soldiers from Bent and sent them Sydney Mail.
The album describes the named inhabitants of each house over the period from 1890 to 1920. In addition, the 29 pictures are named with a brief military biography attached to them. Where ever possible, they are located at the house in which the person lived.
The street numbering created a great deal of confusion amongst the information collectors. Where a dual number appears, this was the result of number confusion. For example, there never was No. 6 Bent Street but this did not prevent people from describing No. 8 as No. 6. In addition to that, in 1900, houses were built at numbers 23, 25, and 27. However No. 27 was further subdivided into three houses named "Osraston", "Matlock", and "Chellaston". This created its own confusion until the numbers were corrected in 1919. So the houses from 29 onwards have two numbers, the pre and post 1919 house number.
Listings per Album Page
Page 1:
Article in Sydney Mail, 9 August 1916, p.12
Satellite view of Bent Street, Paddington, in 2011
Looking south down Bent Street from Gordon Street, Paddington.
Looking south down Bent Street from Gordon Street, Paddington, 2011.
Combination of both photographs looking south down Bent Street from Gordon Street, Paddington.
No. 2, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 4, Bent Street, Paddington, pic 1
No. 4, Bent Street, Paddington, pic2
Page 2:
No. 4, Bent Street, Paddington, pic 5
No. 6, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 8, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 12, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 14, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 16, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 18, Bent Street, Paddington
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Leinster Street west, Paddington
Leinster Street east, Paddington
No. 3, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 5, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 7, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 9, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 11, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 13, Bent Street, Paddington
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No. 19, Bent Street, PaddingtonNo. 21, Bent Street, PaddingtonNo. 23, Bent Street, PaddingtonNo. 25, Bent Street, PaddingtonNo. 27, Bent Street, PaddingtonNo. 29, Bent Street, PaddingtonNo. 31, Bent Street, PaddingtonStewart Street, PaddingtonNo. 33, "Glammis House'' Bent Street, Paddington, pic 1No. 33, "Glammis House'' Bent Street, Paddington, pic 2
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No. 33, "Glammis House'' Bent Street, Paddington, pic 3
No. 33, "Glammis House'' Bent Street, Paddington, pic 4
No. 35, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 37, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 39, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 41, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 43, Bent Street, Paddington
No. 45, Bent Street, Paddington
Page 6:
417 Sergeant William Norman MCCOLL
2507 Sergeant Alexander MCCOLL
1038 Lance Corporal Harold MCCOLL
753 Private Frederick William ARTZ
30 Able Seaman Driver Arthur Charles CONNELL
619 Warrant Officer Harold Emanuel COLLINS
Page 7:
11935 Private Joseph Cornelius COX
14281 Second Corporal Horace Lindly HAWKINS
122 Second Corporal John Joseph GOUGH
Lieutenant Colonel John Thomas MCCOLL
6486 Private Herbert Alfred CREDGINGTON
3519 Private George Edwin GRAHAM
Page 8:
1437 Driver Francis Vincent MCKEWEN
4686 Private Francis Edward GEOGHEGAN
1993 Private Mathew Palmer MCCABE
2006 Private William Henry LIVIO
Further Reading:
Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Bent Street, Paddington Album Contents
