Walkabout with Ruth Victoria St, Potts Point to Darlinghurst

I begin my walk at McElhone Stairs, Victoria St, Potts Point, they were once called the “Challis Street Stairs”. The stairs were built in 1904 and were renamed in 1918, after John McElhone, a local businessman and Member of Parliament.

Next to McElhone Stairs is No. 55 Victoria St which is a heritage-listed residence and former boarding house and Catholic Women's Association hostel. It was constructed in the 1870s on a site that formed part of a parcel of land that was granted by Governor Ralph Darling to John Busby in 1831. John Busby, surveyor and civil engineer was one of the 13 nominees for grants on Woolloomooloo Hill.