Goodsell's Brickyards, Newtown April 1883
Reuss and Halloran
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Manufacturing Maps
Camdenville Park St Peters
Sydney is unusual in the extent to which the urban landscape has been profoundly influenced by the basic, yet ancient, building material of bricks. Bricks made by the first convict brickmaker were used in the public buildings of the new colony, and the presence of brickyards influenced a succession of localities, from the inner city to the outer suburbs.
Inner western residential, commercial and industrial suburb, named after the Anglican church around which it developed. It is recognisable by the iconic chimneys of the former brickworks, now part of Sydney Park, built to take advantage of vast deposits of clay.
Camdenville Park
Recreation area bounded by May Street, Bedwin Road, Council Street and the Illawarra train line in St Peters on land formerly used as brickworks.