Brickfield Hill

The name was used for the surrounding settlement serving the colony's growing need for bricks, and today is part of the suburb of Surry Hills.

[1] The first land grant of Brickfield Hill (George Street, between Liverpool and Goulburn Streets) was granted to Samuel Hockley in 1810 by Governor Macquarie, where Hockley set up a butchery.

[2] Hockley lived at Brickfield Hill until his death in 1859, where he was noted as one of the oldest colonists in Sydney.

[4][5] In 1905, following the destruction of their Haymarket store by fire in 1901, Anthony Hordern & Sons opened their new Palace Emporium on Brickfield Hill, the construction of which involved the demolition of several houses including Samuel Hordern's birthplace.

[10] The building was controversially demolished in 1985–1986 and was eventually replaced by the World Square development.