Summary

Plan of Newmarket Saleyards, dated 17 November 1961.

Identifies in detail gangways, races, lanes, stock route, pens, bridges, holding yards, milch cow market, old cow bail, timber stores, plumbers & engineers' shop, carpenter, amenities building, drovers' hut, sub-station, toilets, administrative offices, plantation, tar shed, loading race and counter's box. Plan also identifies covered areas. Marked streets are Newmarket Street, Bellair Street, McCracken Street, Gordon Street, Racecourse Road, Export Lane, Main Abbatoirs Lane, Back Abbatoirs Lane, Smithfield Road, Market Street, Epsom Road.

Physical Description

Copy of blueprint Plan "City of Melbourne/City Architects Department/Plan of Existing Cattle/ and Sheep Market/Newmarket/17.11.1961". Amended 13.1.75. NE border - Bellair Street SE border - Market Street NW border - Smithfield Road SW border - just beyond the boundary of cattleyards and abattoirs. A copy of this plan is at HT 27719. Refer to SH 900169 for smaller scale of same.

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