Here is the Exchange Hotel. Large numbers of early immigrants were from Ireland, seeking refuge from poverty and conflict. For example, 191 orphaned Irish girls arrived in Hobsons Bay on the Lady Kennaway in 1838. On the south side of the road is the original Sandridge Post Office and Mail Exchange. The adjacent 1912 Naval Drill Hall was the first built by the Australian Navy after its formation. The 1860 Mail Exchange was one of the colony’s busiest in an era when all mail arrived by ship after long sea voyages. In fact Bay Street had its beginning in the mail track to the city created by the Liardet family.
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