Balmain

At its beginning Balmain was a working class suburb with wharfs, docks, noisy pubs, and - a high crime rate. Slowly it degenerated into a slum. In the last decades it was rediscovered. Today it is a very attractive suburb with many shops, restaurants and cafes.

In Darling Street, directly behind the ferry wharf, this plaque is installed. All historic places and buildings, which lie on the Balmain History Trail, are listed here. The places are marked with badges.

1. Thornton Park, 1923
2. William Balmain Testimony, Thornton Park Entrance
3. Shipwright Arms Hotel 1844, Intersection Darling St. & Weston St.
4. The Waterman's Cottage um 1841, Intersection Darling St. & Weston St.
5. Eastcliffe um 1844, Pearson St.
6. St Mary's Anglican Church 1945, 85 Darling St.
7. Hon. Neville Wran (Childhood Home), 117 Darling St.
8. Sir Henry Parkes (Residence), 12B Grafton St.
9. Clontarf 1844, 4 Wallace St.
10. St Mary's Church Hall um 1851, 7 Adolphus St.
11. Watch House (1854), 179 Darling St.
12. Balmoral House um 1855, 46 Waterview St.
13. Bank of NSW 1875, 238 Darling St.
14. St Augustines Catholic Church 1851, Eaton St.
15. Balmain Public School 1861, Eaton St.
16. Gladstone Park 1890