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| Name | Bennetts Lane (draft) |
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| Description | Bennetts Lane was classified as a public lane. Sometimes Bennet Lane. Status: Date TBC, pre-1856. What appears to be the unlabeled southern entry to a laneway can be seen on the 1853 map "Contours from Contoured Plan of Part of the City of Melbourne" and on the map "The most complete popular and mercantile map of Melbourne (1853?)". Located at or near: 132-134 Little Lonsdale St. Probable or possible origin of name: Robert Bennett, Melbourne mayor, 1861-1862. 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. 90, 156, 166, 53, 91, 152). ISBN 978-1-875173-12-9. |
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| Contributor | Mitchell Harrop |
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| Added to System | 2024-07-12 16:44:47 |
| Updated in System | 2024-08-27 14:57:38 |
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| Linkback | https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01707b.htm |
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