Into the Queen Victoria Market

With the construction of the Queen Victoria Market completed in 1898, Quong Tart saw the opportunity to expand his tea room business. He leased a series of rooms on the ground and first floors for his new enterprise. In this letter to the Mayor, 23 November 1898, Quong Tart was negotiating the lease of an additional room for a cloak and smoke room.

Transcript of letter:

Dear Sir,
To make my Rooms at the Queen Victoria Markets complete and in all respects suitable for my purposes it seems necessary to provide a Cloak and Smoke Room.

Room No. 12 is the most conveniently situated but the rent asked for it is too high.

Would you therefore be good enough to consider what concession you can make in view of all the circumstances so that if possible I may add it to my present tenancy.

Yours faithfully,
Quong Tart

The Right Worshipful
The Mayor of Sydney

 

Into the Queen Victoria Market
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(image:City of Sydney Archives, CRS 26/303, item 2173)