AusStage

Venue	Poverty Point (Sydney)
Address	Pitt Street, north east corner near Park Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
First Date	1887
Last Date	1935
Notes	Originally coined as a place in mining/gold digging ventures the term later became associated with the theatre. In Sydney the north-east corner of Pitt and Park Streets was possibly the best known of various places at different times, known within the theatrical profession as Poverty Point.
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Latitude \| Longitude	-33.871989 \| 151.208177
Resources	Article: A Crushed Tragedian, The Australian Star, 31 August 1891, 6 Article: Bert Howard is Dead. Mayor of "Poverty Point"., Truth, 1 August 1937, 18 Article: Can Anybody Tell Us?, Bird O’Freedom, 25 July 1891, 1 Article: Metropolitan Memoranda, Illawarra Mercury, 27 October 1892, 2 Article: On Stage and Off, The Sun (NSW), 14 December 1935, 8 Article: Snakes - He had 'em, Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 3 June 1887, 8 Article: Social Nondescripts, The Age, 2 January 1886, 4 Article: With Sock and Buskin, Referee, 2 June 1887, 3 Book: Roy Rene, Mo's Memoirs, Reed and Harris, Melbourne, 1945 Cartoon: Between Drinks, Bird O’Freedom, 17 October 1891, 2 Map: Central City of Sydney, 1910 - Map 1, City of Sydney Archives, 1910
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	18470

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