Old Cremorne ferry wharf is located on the northern side of

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serving the

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suburb of Cremorne. Old Cremorne Wharf, in

Mosman Bay Mosman Bay is a bay of Sydney Harbour adjacent to the suburb of Mosman, 4 km north-east of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales, Australia. Three ferry wharves, Mosman Bay, South Mosman and Old Cremorne, are within the bay, all being served ...

on the eastern side of

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, was built in the nineteenth century, before the 1911 opening of Cremorne Point Wharf with tram connection on the western end of the Point. The original wharf was at the current location of the

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, but was relocated slightly north to its current location before 1905. The wharf has no road access and is only accessible by foot along the Cremorne Point Reserve path.

Services

Old Cremorne wharf is served by

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Mosman Bay services operated by First Fleet class ferries.

Historical gallery

File:Old Cremorne Wharf and K class ferry Mosman Bay 1905.jpg, A then new K-class ferry at the wharf, 1905. File:Sydney Ferry Kurraba.jpg, ''

Kurraba ''Kurraba'' and ''Kirribilli'' were two similar " K-class" ferries on Sydney Harbour. Launched in 1899 and 1900 respectively, the two timber-hulled steamers were built for Sydney Ferries Limited during the boom in cross-harbour ferry travel prio ...

'' approaches the wharf en route to Circular Quay, 1909 File:Kirawa & Kanangra passing in Mosman Bay c.1938mosman.jpg, The wharf's former Edwardian shelter, c. 1930s. Curraghbeena Point and Musgrave Street Wharf (now Mosman South) in the background. File:Sydney Ferry Kamiri.jpg, K-class steamer, ''

Kamiri ''Kameruka'' and ''Kamiri'' were near identical ferries that served on Sydney Harbour. ''Kamiri'' was built in 1912 and ''Kameruka'' was launched on 8 February 1913. They were double-ended " K-class" steam ferries, a type that was prolific on Sydn ...

'', approaches Old Cremorne Wharf, 1946. Photograph by

Max Dupain Maxwell Spencer Dupain AC OBE (22 April 191127 July 1992) was an Australian modernist photographer. Early life Dupain received his first camera as a gift in 1924, spurring his interest in photography. He later joined the Photographic Society ...

File:Sydney Ferry KANANGRA in Mosman Bay 1966.jpg, ''Kanangra'' leaving Old Cremorne Wharf. Photo shows the wharf's position in Mosman Bay on the eastern side of

. File:Sydney_ferry_KARINGAL_at_Old_Cremorne_Wharf_1982.jpg, The timber wharf in 1982 before its 1985 replacement with a concrete structure Old Cremorne Wharf in Mosman Bay in her 1985 concrete rebuild state, 2013.jpg, In 2009 showing its 1985 concrete reconstruction

References

External links

Old Cremorne Wharf
at Transport for New South Wales (Archive
13 June 2019

Old Cremorne Local Area Map
Transport for NSW {{Transport for New South Wales ferry wharves, Mosman Bay=y, state=collapsed Ferry wharves in Sydney