Merchant's House, Sydney

**Gidan Merchant's** yana da tarihi a matsayin cibiyar ilimi da ofisoshi, kuma yana da lamba 43–45 George Street a cikin birnin Sydney, The Rocks, a yankin ƙaramar hukumar birnin Sydney, New South Wales, Ostiraliya. An danganta ƙirarsa da John Bibb a kuma an gina shi a shekarar 1848. Ana kuma kiransa da **Counting House (tsohon)** da **Merchant's** . Ginin ya kasance a da, a matsayin wurin zama, gidan tarihi, ofisoshi da gidan kwana. Gidan mallakar Property NSW ne, wata hukuma ta Gwamnatin New South Wales. An ƙara shi cikin Rijistar Gado ta Jihar New South Wales a ranar 10 ga Mayu, 2002. 

## Tarihi
Gine-ginen farko da ke kusa da wurin sune asibiti da gidajen likitocin tiyata. Asibitin yana nan da nan kudu da Gidan 'Yan Kasuwa. A shekarar 1802, Nicholas Bayly ya gina wani babban gida mai rufin mansard na musamman a gefen gabas na Babban Titi a gaban wurin. Bayan haka, ba da daɗewa ba sai gidan Robert Campbell, shi ma a gefen gabas na hanyar. 

Mamayar farko da aka rubuta a wurin da Gidan 'Yan Kasuwa ya mamaye bayan isowar Turawa ita ce hayar ƙasar da Kyaftin Waterhouse ya yi. Hayar tasa, wadda aka nuna a taswirar Grimes ta 1800, ta mamaye ɓangarorin biyu na layin High Street. Waterhouse kyaftin ne na rundunar sojin ruwa, bayan ya yi aiki a jirgin ruwa na First Fleet Sirius a matsayin mai kula da jiragen ruwa. Ya koma Ingila ya shiga ayyukan rundunar amma an ƙarfafa shi ya koma yankin, inda ya shigo da tumakin merino na farko. Tallafin da ya bayar ya haɗa da filaye a Liberty Plains da Parramatta, da hayar a cikin Sydney a The Rocks and Garden Island. Ya koma Ingila a karon ƙarshe a 1800. Ba za a iya ganin gine-gine na dindindin a cikin zane-zane ko zane-zane da ke nuna ƙasarsa ba.[1]

Robert Campbell ya isa Sydney a shekarar 1798 daga Indiya inda ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan kasuwa da ɗan kasuwa a wani kasuwancin iyali. Zuwansa da sha'awarsa ta zama ɗan kasuwa mazaunin ƙasar sun ba shi goyon baya mai ƙarfi daga Gwamna Hunter . Sayen filaye a Dawes Point, ya fara gina rumbunan ajiya, tasoshin jiragen ruwa da kuma gida don kansa, kuma ya fara ƙirƙirar layukan shigo da kaya waɗanda har yanzu su ne kawai tushen wasu muhimman kayayyaki. Don samar da kayan da za a biya, ya ƙarfafa masana'antar haƙa. Ya kuma karɓi hayar Captain Waterhouse, daga ƙarshe ya mayar da su ƙasa mai 'yanci, wanda ya haifar da shi ya mallaki wani babban ɓangare na Dawes Point, tare da Campbell's Cove ya zama wani ɓangare na yanayin tashar jiragen ruwa mai suna. Abin da Campbell ya mayar da hankali a kai shi ne gefen ruwa, tare da kayan aiki don jiragen ruwa da adana kaya. Yanayin yankin ya haɗa da babban katangar bulo wanda ya kewaye ƙasarsa daga titin George zuwa titin Gloucester. Ƙasar da ke cikinta da alama an share ta amma ta kasance gangaren dutse na asali. 

Taswirorin da aka yi cikakken bayani game da shekarun 1822, 1831 da 1836 ba su nuna wani gini a ƙasar ba, amma zuwa 1843, an nuna tasirin raba ƙasa da Campbell ya yi da gidaje da ke kewaye da ƙasarsa. An ba Robert Campbell filin Gidan Ɗan Kasuwa a ranar 16 ga Oktoba 1834, bayan dogon lokaci a matsayin hayar Campbell. A wannan lokacin Campbell ya faɗaɗa kasuwancinsa sosai, ya fara kiwon dabbobi a Monaro da Western Plains . Shi ma babban mai hannun jari ne na Bankin New South Wales . Tarihi yana tunawa da Campbell da kyau, tare da suna da adalci a ciniki kuma bai yi amfani da ikonsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan kasuwa don yin tasiri ga yanayin siyasa ba. Campbell ya mutu a 1846. 

A farkon shekarun 1840, tattalin arziki ya tabarbare a NSW, sakamakon dakatar da sufuri a hankali da kuma hauhawar farashin aiki, fari mai tsanani da ya sake faruwa, musamman ma wahalar canzawa daga tallafin gwamnati zuwa tattalin arzikin 'yan kasuwa. Duk da cewa an rubuta Campbell a matsayin wanda ya fi shawo kan matsalar tattalin arziki fiye da yawancin manyan 'yan kasuwa, har yanzu ya zaɓi ya raba ƙasarsa. Yayin da Campbell ya mallaki yankin daga Campbell's Cove, amfani da shi da ƙimarsa an takaita shi ga wani ƙaramin ciniki na teku. Rarraba yankuna daban-daban ya ba shi damar tara jari ba tare da yin illa ga yadda cibiyar kasuwancinsa ke aiki ba. A shekara ta 1841 ya raba kuma ya sanya tubalan filaye da ke da iyaka da titin George, Atherton Place da titin Gloucester. An kai wani yanki, mai lamba 4, ga John Martyn da James Combes kan £825 a watan Yunin 1841. Wannan shine kusurwar kudu maso gabashin ƙasar Campbell kuma yana kan kusurwar arewa ta titin George da ƙaramin layi, wanda da farko ake kira Union Lane. Martyn da Combes sun gina wani gini mai hawa uku a kusurwar, tare da abokin tarayya da ya dace da shi a kusan lokaci guda a kusurwar gefen layin. Ginin kusurwar arewa na George Street da Atherton Place ya zama lamba 47 George Street. John Bibb ne ya tsara gine-ginen da suka dace. 

## Manazarta