With an interest in finding the story behind street names this area has been piquing my interest for some time now. As a member of a nearby sporting group I visit this area often and each time I wonder about the land and the buildings that remain on it. The new Charleston Road TAFE campus takes up a piece of this land. Nearby reminders of a past use are the service station called the Woolpak, and across from theTafe is the Newmarket Hotel, also the Fleece Inn Hostel Why the street is called Lloyd Street is revealed with the history of the former Bendigo sales yards article.
Arthur Moore Lloyd was the first Cattle Inspector (the Bendigo East street is named after him) when the saleyards were officially opened on June 17 that year. He lived for many years on site in a cottage between the sheep and cattle pens, with the offices for cattle salesmen adjoining.
The web links from the Bendigo Advertiser explains in greater detail the sales yards and the abattoirs.
Web link : http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2733229/history-lives-saleyards-on-the-move/
While in the area notice the original house from earlier years surrounded by newer streets and homes of modern design and construction. I wonder what the area was like back in the days of the sales yards. Pretty dusty and smelly I’d think. Must have been someone associated with the sales yards to build such a home so close. Maybe that will be my next history project to discover.
Container is a bison tube. Room only for log so bring your own pen.
access is available 24/7 but be aware that lunch time and the 3-4pm tafe finish times may see high volume of people movement along the street making your visit in these periods a higher degree of difficulty to retrieve and return cache unseen.Also the area is used by driving instructors and your vehicle could be the one that they pull along side of to practice the reverse parking.. wheelchair access is possible but will need someone to retrieve.