Blackwattle Bay is a
bay located to the southeast of
Glebe Island
Glebe Island was a major port facility in Sydney Harbour and, in association with the adjacent White Bay facility, was the primary receiving venue for imported cars and dry bulk goods in the region until 2008. It is surrounded by White, Johnsto ...
and east of
Rozelle Bay
Rozelle Bay is a bay located to the south of Glebe Island and the west of Blackwattle Bay
Blackwattle Bay is a bay located to the southeast of Glebe Island and east of Rozelle Bay on Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The bay w ...
on
Sydney Harbour, in
New South Wales
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Australia. The bay was named in 1788 after the
Black Wattle tree found at the bay, which 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 caused the area to be fouled by noxious fumes and there were many complaints by the residents.
An embankment with a bridge was built across the swamp to provide access from Glebe to Pyrmont, being known as Bridge Rd. The area to the east of the road was filled in becoming
Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The park contains several muti-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations. There is a playground in the s ...
. A
coal unloader and other facilities were built on the west side of the road and it now also features the
Sydney Fish Market
The Sydney Fish Market is a fish market in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The market sits on the Blackwattle Bay foreshore in Pyrmont, 2 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. It is the world's third largest fish market.
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on its northern side.
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See also
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Blackwattle Bay coal wharves and depots
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Sydney Fish Market
The Sydney Fish Market is a fish market in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The market sits on the Blackwattle Bay foreshore in Pyrmont, 2 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. It is the world's third largest fish market.
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Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The park contains several muti-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations. There is a playground in the s ...
References
Gallery
File:Bellevue_House_Blackwattle_Cafe.JPG, Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to:
Placenames
Australia
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales
Canada ...
House at waterside end of Leichhardt Street, Glebe, which includes a cafe and restaurant
File:Bellevue_House.JPG, Bellevue House, Leichhardt Street Glebe
Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...
at Blackwattle Bay Park
File:Blackwattle_Bay_view_to_east.JPG, Blackwattle Bay view from end of Cook Street, Glebe Point
Glebe Point is a point on Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Glebe, New South Wales, Glebe, in the Inner West (Sydney), Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
External links
GlebeNet: Information for Residents and Visitor ...
, across to Sydney Fish Market
The Sydney Fish Market is a fish market in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The market sits on the Blackwattle Bay foreshore in Pyrmont, 2 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. It is the world's third largest fish market.
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and Sydney CBD
File:Griffin_Incinerator.JPG, Walter Burley Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He is known for designing Canberra, Australia's capital city and the New South Wales towns of Griffith and Leeton. He has been cr ...
historic, now re-purposed, incinerator in Sheehy Street
File:ANZAC_Bridge_from_dragon_boat.JPG, View of ANZAC Bridge from dragon boat on Blackwattle Bay
File:Blackwattle_Bay_Marina.JPG, Blackwattle Bay, marina area
External links
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Blackwattle Bay entry at dictionary of Sydney*
Part of Chippendale's grant 1838. Cadastral drawing showing Cooper's Dam and Black Wattle Swamp.
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Birds eye view of general wharfage scheme west of Dawes Point as it will appear when completed Sydney Harbour Trust, 1913.
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Bays of New South Wales
Tourist attractions in Sydney
Sydney Harbour
Glebe, New South Wales