Redhead's Paddock

Glebe Black Watch was formed in 1887 at Redhead's Hotel and played in its early yeards on Redhead's Paddock, somewhere near Glebe. The clue to the location of the paddock is a Newcastle Sun article from 1940. It reported the Traveller's Rest Hotel was near the junction of Macquarie Street and Gordon Avenue. The hotel was managed by Joseph Redhead. An open paddock opposite the hotel was used by a variety of sports. In February 1893 the hotel was destroyed by a fire. (The Newcastle Sun, 20 May 1940, page 4 & Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 17 Feb 1893, page 4, FIRE AT MEREWETHER)

The Macquarie Street mentioned is the current Glebe Road as can be seen from the parish map. Another newspaper report from 1892 mentioned the 'vacant allotment between Railway Street and the Globe/Adamstown Road, where Mr. Redhead's hotel used to stand.' (Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 31 January 1895, page 7) Redhead's hotel would have been on southern side of Glebe Road near Gordon Avenue. This would put Redhead's Paddock opposite the hotel, on the norther side of Glebe Road and the western side of Gordon Avenue.