Start - Thomas Street

East Devonport was first settled in the early 1850s under the name of Torquay. Across the river was the village of Formby. Torquay was the more important of the two, being home to the police headquarters with the courthouse and police cells. General stores, butchers and bakers, boat builders and mariners, all settled in this area. The first hotel, the Mersey Hotel, was licensed in May 1853 and later destroyed by fire in 1880. The first jetty was constructed at the end of Thomas Street and a row of small cottages were erected in Pardoe Street in 1854, also destroyed by a fire in 1886.
A later Mersey Hotel, now the Edgewater Hotel was built in 1884 and only a small portion of the original building remains. Several other hotels were built nearby in the early years of the town.

When ready, head North on Wheeler Street towards the mouth of the river.