Hunter Street, Sydney

Hunter Street, Sydney New South Wales
Norwich Chambers, corner of Hunter and Bligh Streets, 1890
Western end Eastern end
Coordinates	33°51′56″S151°12′26″E / 33.86556°S 151.20722°E / -33.86556; 151.20722 (Western end) 33°51′59″S151°12′44″E / 33.86639°S 151.21222°E / -33.86639; 151.21222 (Eastern end)
General information
Type	Street
Length	800 m (0.5 mi)
Major junctions
Western end	George Street Sydney CBD
	Pitt Street Castlereagh Street Elizabeth Street Phillip Street
Eastern end	Macquarie Street Sydney CBD
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Sydney
Major suburbs	Sydney CBD

Hunter Street located in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia is one of the oldest streets in Sydney. ^[1] It runs from George Street in the west to Macquarie Street in the east. The street was originally named Bell Street. It is named after Governor Hunter, the second Governor of New South Wales. ^[2]

A 2010 view of Hunter Street from George Street and as it appeared in the early 1900s

In the 1860s the street housed the glove shop of 'Sharp Lewis' whose large gloved hand swung over the footpath. Next door were the 'Parrot Brothers', who supplied footwear to the people of Sydney. ^[1] The site of the old Norwich Chambers on the corner of Bligh Street was once occupied by a dentist named Smythe and later was the office of the solicitor William Barker. ^[1] It was built in 1886 and demolished in 1922. ^[3] The heritage-listed office building Perpetual Trustee Company Building at 33–39 Hunter Street is the only example of Edwardian architecture on Hunter Street. ^[4]

Originally two-way throughout, in February 1987 the Pitt to George Street section was converted to one-way in a westerly direction. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

In 2032, the street will become home to a new metro station as part of the Metro West project. ^[8]

References

1. W. J. T. (27 December 1917). "Sydney in Sixties". The Evening News. No. 15, 769. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2023– via Trove.
2. Fowles, Joseph (1848). Sydney in 1848. Sydney, Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia.
3. "The Metropolitan Building". The Evening News . No. 17, 157. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 14 June 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2023– via Trove.
4. "Perpetual Trustee Company". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00678. Retrieved 30 August 2025. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .
5. Changes to City Plan Effective February 8, 1987 Daily Telegraph 27 January 1987 page 15^{[ better source needed ]}
6. Work starts on new park street The Sun-Herald 8 February 1987 page 23^{[ better source needed ]}
7. Pitt Street mall Transit Australia May 1987 page 90^{[ better source needed ]}
8. Barrett Peters, Courtney (13 May 2025). "Secrets of Sydney's past unlocked after Hunter Street Metro station excavation". ABC News . Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

External links

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