[3] Between 1788 and 1824 the area south of Sydney town was devoted to farming relying on water from Blackwattle Swamp Creek and brick and tile manufacture based on the local clay.

Renamed Holtermann's Terrace, the houses, featuring verandas with concave iron roofs and shuttered French windows, were auctioned in 1876, when they were described in the Sydney Morning Herald as ‘repaired, painted, decorated and made equal to new’, ‘in a populous and improving part of the city’.

In 1938 the terrace was acquired by John Henry McEvoy, a boot manufacturer, who had established Fostar's Shoe Factory at the corner of O’Connor and Balfour Streets in 1929.

Reputedly the largest shoe manufacturer in Australia, Fostar's used its own airplane for interstate distribution and in 1941-42 won a government contract to produce army boots.

[7] Notable performances at the venue include Courtney Barnett, Sampa The Great, Genesis Owusu, Alexis Taylor, Mike Nock, DOMi & JD BECK, Gordi, Astrid Sonne, Lydia Lunch, Kelly Lee Owens, Nabihah Iqbal, Clark, Tim Hecker, serpentwithfeet, Actress and John Carroll Kirby.

Found guilty of receiving stolen goods, he was transported to Australia in 1813 and pardoned in 1818. Cooper entered into a variety of sometimes questionable business dealings, appearing as both litigant and defendant in court reports.

Bernhard Holtermann arrived from Germany in 1858, became a ‘gold miner, merchant and member of parliament and is significant for his role in promoting photography’, partly as a means of encouraging migration to Australia.

The company was contracted to supply army boots during World War II and, despite some ensuing legal controversy, remained an Australian household name into the 1950s.