George & York Street (see bottom of post)
1832-33 John Hill, Sydney Arms, York Street
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RICHARD HARVEY (from London) most respectfully informs the Inhabitants of Launceston and its Vicinity and the Public in general, that he has recently arrived here, and intends carrying on business as a COACH M AKER in all the various branches, adjoining the “Sydney Arms” in York Street and hopes by unremitting attention to all orders he may be favored with, to merit the public patronage.
R. H. has every material requisite for carrying on the above business, which he has purchased from the London markets and ha» likewise engaged several first-rate Workmen, who have recently arrived in the Colony.
* * Gigs bought, sold, or exchanged.–A good Stand for Gigs or Carriages.
t t Country Orders .punctually attended to
The Independent, 22 December 1832
Independent, 19 January 1833
Independent, 23 March 1833
Location notes
From Smythe’s map of Launceston, 1835, showing two buildings on the corner of George and Yoek Streets. The bottom right one is the Bricklayers’ Arms (later Victoria, Caledonian, Union Club, O’Keefe’s). The bottom left might be the location but also it might one of those in York Street which are not actually on the corner.
I am William Bryant, of Sydney, the 2 Greats Grandson of John Hill, the Cabinetmaker, mentioned above as working from the Sydney Arms in 1833.
I am searching for any image of theis hotel, but still unsuccessful.
I know it was opposite the Caledonian Hotel, later known as “O’keefe’s Hotel, on the North Western corner of the intersection of York and George Street, Launceston.
I’m afraid you might be out of luck. There aren’t many pictures of this area until the 1940s or later, and I don’t think any buildings from the early 1830s (otehr than O’Keefe’s) were still there. I updated the post with an extract from a map that shows what was there in 1835, which as you can see wasn’t much. I don’t know of any paintings of George or York Street either. Sorry.