Bear Alley (draft)

Later known as Browns Lane, then Bear Alley again, now known as Penfold Place.

Sometimes known as Bear Lane.

Status: Date TBC, Pre-1856.

Located at or near: 396-400 Little Collins Street.

Probable or possible origin of name: J.P. Bear, Bear's Horse Bazaar.

Location is approximate.

For more information, see: Bate, W., Broome, R., Davis, N., May, A. J., & Stitt, H. (2024). The story of Melbourne’s lanes: Essential but unplanned (pp. 66). ISBN 978-1-875173-12-9.