The street where you live

 

Henley Marine Drive

This street is renowned as one of the most picturesque in Canada Bay, as it skirts the waters of Iron Cove Creek and Iron Cove, from Five Dock to Drummoyne.

Henley Marine Drive was named after Sir Thomas Henley, born on the 4th of February 1860 at Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, England. After migrating to Australia in 1884 he initially worked as a plasterer, then became a building contractor and prominent politician in the early 1900s. He bought land at Balmain, Petersham, Five Dock and Drummoyne, building on some plots and subdividing others to sell. He was four times mayor for Drummoyne and served in the Legislative Assembly for 18 years. On the 14th of May 1935 he drowned after falling from a Manly ferry. He was buried at the Field of Mars cemetery.

Jenny Alfonso

Bibliography

Radi, H. (2006). Sir Thomas Henley (1860–1935). Australian Dictionary of Biography

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/henley-sir-thomas-6637

Accessed 29/09/24

Henley, Sir Thomas (1860–1935). People Australia.

https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/henley-sir-thomas-6637

Accessed 29/09/24

 

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