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Correspondence file between E. Duckett and the Town Clerk, City of Melbourne, re Condells Lane, 2 July 1874, courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre.
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Letter to Town Clerk from Henry Condell, 12 August 1843, courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre.
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Statement from Henry Condell, Mayor, 3 April 1844, courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre.
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Condells Lane
The name Condells Lane previously referred to the section of Angelo Lane north of Little Bourke Street, and was probably named after Melbourne's first mayor, brewer Henry Condell. In the nineteenth century, Condells Lane, which was also known as Valance Alley, ran behind the savings bank and money orders office of the General Post Office on Elizabeth Street. In 1895, the lane did not extend all the way through to Lonsdale Street but offered access to a variety of merchants, including an importer and manufacturer of wire mattresses, a die sinker and livery stables. Today Condells Lane has been absorbed by Angelo Lane, which offers service access to the Myer buildings north and south of Little Bourke Street.
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- Sands & McDougall’s commercial and general Melbourne directory, Sands & McDougall, Melbourne, 1895. Details
- MMBW Detail Plan, 1015, City of Melbourne, image no bw0006, 1895; MMBW Melbourne Sewerage Plans 1890s - 1950s; State Library of Victoria. Details
