Murray Street
by Stephanie Williams
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Murray Street was once home to the Hobart Town Gaol, near the corner of Macquarie Street. Both convicts and free settlers were held there from 1816 until 1864. Image courtesy: State Library of Victoria
Looking down Murray Street towards Webb’s Hotel in the distance which later became Hadley’s Orient Hotel. Image courtesy: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office
Murray Street, Hobart in 1881 with a row of horse drawn carriages outside the Hobart Savings Bank, Masonic Temple and the Derwent and Tamar Buildings with Webb’s Hotel in the distance.
Image courtesy: University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection.
Here’s Murray Street in 1857. Check out the sparse West Hobart in the background.