GLENEALY
A reference in "Towndweller's" comments (26-6-33) to Glenealy, suggests a little research into the naming of this delightful beauty spot near the heart of the city, which fortunately - owing to the proximity of the Botanic Gardens - has been preserved to a large extent despite a certain amount of building exploitation in the neighbourhood. Glenealy was formerly known as "Elliot's Vale", after Captain Charles Elliott, R.N., who had been the Colony's first administrator. The spot was described
in those early years as "the most romantic glen of the island", but whether this had reference merely to its scenery and fine outlook towards the harbour, or to its facilities for romance, is not definite. The luxuriant growth of native trees and ferns along Glenealy certainly must have attracted the early pioneers, with the trickling stream (now confined within a nullah that runs right under Wyndham Street) as an added feature. It might be noted that the tree ferns now seen in the glen were imported and planted in later years.
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