1870-1875
Glass photonegative
This view, looking east along Darling Street, is recognisable today, with the group of buildings to the left, on the corner of Curtis Road, virtually unchanged. In the distance can be seen St Mary’s Anglican Church, on the corner of Stack Street, East Balmain.
BALMAIN has been called 'the working man's paradise.' Chambers' Etymological English Dictionary defines paradise as the ‘Garden of Eden; heaven; any place or state of blissful delights.' The resident 'horny-handed son of toil' (vide the Radical press) may indeed consider Balmain a paradise. The casual visitor may possibly think the term is misapplied—especially if he chances to pay his visit during the hot weather, when the odour arising from the open sewers is not in the very least suggestive of roses. [Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872) 11 July 1889 p 16]
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