Plate 6. The Hub Theatre, 218-222 King St. Newtown, 1922, now the Burland
Hall.
The present Hub Theatre at Newtown Bridge was the Hub No. 2.
Plate 5 'Avoca' 13 Charles St., Enmore. The balcony sign reads: J. Tarran,
UPHOLSTERER MATTRESS MAKER The photo was taken c. 1909. Florence Tarran (B.
1906) and her sister Nellie (B. 1905) are wearing identical dress. The
frontage is 14'2"
Plate 5. North Newtown Practice School, P. Kennedy, M.A., Principal, erected
1897. Bligh St. became St. Pauls Road and then Carillon Avenue.
A regular outing was to the local picture show to see silent movies backed
by an orchestra. If you couldn't read fast enough you lost the thread of the
story. It cost 3d. to go downstairs in the Hub Theatre and 6d. for the dress
circle if you felt affluent but only the rich or showoffs
Terrace houses predominate in Newtown There are single, double or triple
storey terraces which may stand alone or in groups of between two and
twenty. Shop/residences followed a similar pattern. 1 A few of the original
estate homes survived such as Stanmore House, Reiby House and Gowrie House.
Newtown was one of the most densely populated suburbs of Sydney. Table 2
shows the number of persons per acre for census years with other suburbs for
comparison.
Plate 1. 'Glenrushen', 1 Union St., Newtown, c. 1903. One of three single
storey terraces. Mrs. Francis A. Tarran and her daughter Alice (b. 1900) who
shortly moved to Campsie.