Blackwattle Bay
| Blackwattle Bay | |
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 Blackwattle Bay Pontoon, Glebe | |
  Blackwattle Bay Location within New South Wales | |
| Location | Sydney Harbour |
| Coordinates | 33°52′21″S 151°11′20″E / 33.872564°S 151.188912°E |
| Part of | Sydney Harbour |
| Johnstons Bay | |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Settlements | Glebe |
Blackwattle Bay is a bay to the south-east of Glebe Island and east of Rozelle Bay on Sydney Harbour. In 1788 the bay was named after the black wattle tree found there that was used for housing construction.
When first used, the bay was a swampy inlet fed by a creek that ran from its eastern end. Industrial use by tanners and slaughter houses fouled the area with noxious fumes and there were many complaints by residents.
An embankment with a bridge was built across the swamp to provide access from Glebe to Pyrmont, being known as Bridge Road.[1][2] The area to the southeast of the road was filled in becoming Wentworth Park. A coal unloader among other facilities was built on the northwest side of the road; the Sydney Fish Market lies on its northeast side.
See also
References
- ↑ "Pymont Bridge-road". The Evening News. No. 5373. New South Wales, Australia. 5 August 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Sydney Morning Herald". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LXXIV, no. 11, 930. New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1876. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
Gallery
Hudson's Timber yard, Blackwattle Bay, Sydney, ca. 1920-1925
Bellevue House at waterside end of Leichhardt Street, Glebe, which includes a cafe and restaurant
Bellevue House, Leichhardt Street Glebe at Blackwattle Bay Park
Blackwattle Bay view from end of Cook Street, Glebe Point, across to Sydney Fish Market and Sydney CBD
Walter Burley Griffin historic, now re-purposed, incinerator in Sheehy Street
View of ANZAC Bridge from dragon boat on Blackwattle Bay
Blackwattle Bay, marina area
External links
- "The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay".
- "Sydney Fish Market".
- Blackwattle Bay entry at dictionary of Sydney
- Part of Chippendale's grant, 1838. Cadastral drawing showing Cooper's Dam and Black Wattle Swamp.
- Birds eye view of general wharfage scheme west of Dawes Point as it will appear when completed, Sydney Harbour Trust, 1913.
Coastal bays and inlets of New South Wales, Australia | |
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| North of Sydney Harbour |
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| Within Sydney Harbour | |
| South of Sydney Harbour | |
