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Buildings connected with McCaskies

The picture above is a mystery -
Could it be connected to the coachsmiths, John & Thomas, sons of John & Catherine from Balmain?
Or their cousin Mary Ann who was the daughter of James McCaskie & Mary Lapsley?
Mary Ann who married Joseph Davison in 1885 in Leichhardt - they owned a hotel in Newtown - they also owned horses & coaches, which carried passengers from Newton & Botany to their hotel "Sir Joseph Banks". Mary Ann was very proud of the cushions & bobble curtains she made to decorate the coaches Could this coach belong to Mary Ann & Joseph Davison? They also owned horses & coaches, which carried passengers from Newton & Botany to their hotel "Sir Joseph Banks"   
Mary Ann was very proud of the cushions & bobble curtains she made to decorate the coaches.
Could this coach belong to Mary Ann & Joseph Davison?

Sir Henry Parke's shop in Market St Shop - next to Lizzie McCaskie's shop

James & Thomas McCaskie, had Blacksmiths Shop at Crescent St Balmain
sons of John & Catherine  - see "My Uncle Jimbo Story"

Unknown Shop JT Hunt General Store & Grocer

Glebe Pt Rd Sydney
1908

George St Sydney 1905

Darling Street Balmain, 
1908

From
Nick Possum's
Old Sydney Town

John and his family lived in Sydney, Balmain district. 
John was mentioned in "Australian Men of Mark", page 44 Volume 2 & appendix by Charles F. Maxwell, 1888   -
"a considerable property-holder in Balmain, and his business is in a flourishing condition"