8. 1865 Mr William Morrin, Allot 7 

Mr William Morrin was a wine merchant in Queen St. His four acres of land in the gully was wedged between Lauries’ and Fred Whitaker’s land and had lain fallow over the time that he had owned it. 

Mr Morrin had bought four acres of land from the Messrs Laurie. In 1865 he subdivided his land into 45 allotments ready for sale. Both Upper Queen and Upper Pitt Streets ran through his land which is now the heart of the Newton Motorway Interchange. Canada St was named in dedication of where he grew up as a boy.

1877: Looking southeast from Upper Pitt St (Mercury Lane) toward the Cemetery, (now the Newton Motorway).   

Messers Laurie’s Cross St is the first road to the left, as is Upper Pitt St and the houses on East St on the far right.

  Mr Morrin’s Canada St is the second Street is the middle road, as well as the land in the middle of the photo with the trees.

  Top right is the Newton East School building. The Catholic cemetery and church in the background is St Francis de Sales, and the Presbytarian Kirk sit behind the schools roof.