Who is Emily George?

There is a little street off Lygon Street in East Brunswick and off this street there is a little lane. A little dilapidated sign indicates it is called Emily George Lane. It is a picturesque laneway, not that I have walked down to the end yet. The sign is affixed to an old Victorian terrace house, painted a bright yellow. On the other side of the laneway entrance is a brick wall with a large array of street art.

Opposite the entrance to Emily George Lane is a small old industrial building, with lovely signage on the side wall. I particularly like the faint painted doorway and the barely legible street sign above it. It is a doorway to a dreamworld, like the wardrobe in Narnia. I think that sometimes it is just painted and other times it magically opens.

But the greater mystery is: who was Emily George, after whom the laneway was named? Does anyone know? Maybe she was the daughter of a local merchant or landowner, maybe she was the owner herself. Perhaps it is an invented name, recalling past family members or even a ship which sailed from the Old World.

Anyway, dear reader, if you know the answer or is you have an imaginative idea about who it could be, please write to me.