White Bay is a
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
on
Sydney Harbour
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea (p ...
with a surrounding locality near the suburbs of
Balmain and
Rozelle
Rozelle is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council.
Location
Rozelle si ...
in the
Inner West
The Inner West of Sydney is an area directly west of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The suburbs that make up the Inner West are predominantly located along the southern shore of Port Jackson (Parramatta River) ...
of
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
,
New South Wales
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History
![Pacific Jewell at White Bay](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Pacific_Jewell_at_White_Bay.JPG)
White Bay is named after
John White, the
naval surgeon
A naval surgeon, or less commonly ship's doctor, is the person responsible for the health of the ship's company aboard a warship. The term appears often in reference to Royal Navy's medical personnel during the Age of Sail.
Ancient uses
Speciali ...
aboard the
First Fleet
The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships that brought the first European and African settlers to Australia. It was made up of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports. On 13 May 1787 the fleet under the command ...
to Australia in 1788. Since the nineteenth century the bay has been used for water-based
transport
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, an ...
and industrial activities. In conjunction with adjacent
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, Johnston ...
it has been a multipurpose
port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...
, owned and controlled by the
Government of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governmen ...
since 1901.
White Bay was the first port in New South Wales to handle
containerised shipping, opening in 1969 on reclaimed land. In the 1970s there were several companies operating container terminals, with rail transfer via the
Metropolitan Goods line to larger holding yards at
Chullora
Chullora, a suburb in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area, is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. The ...
. Container handling moved out of White Bay in late 2004 moving to
Port Botany
Port Botany is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Port Botany is located 12 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Randwick. Port Bot ...
.
The
White Bay Cruise Terminal
The White Bay Cruise Terminal is a terminal for cruise ships on Sydney Harbour. The terminal is located at the eastern end of the White Bay wharves, on the northern shore of White Bay. It opened on 15 April 2013 as a replacement for Wharf 8 on D ...
opened in April 2013 replacing a terminal at Wharf 8 on
Darling Harbour
Darling Harbour is a harbour adjacent to the city centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is made up of a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the Sydney central business district.
Origin ...
. White Bay is also used for marine refuelling.
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Landmarks
The White Bay Hotel
The White Bay Hotel is a former pub in operation between 1860 and 1992, since destroyed by fire, demolished, and the land acquired by the New South Wales Government.
History
The hotel was built in 1860 on the corner of the then Crescent and Wes ...
was a historic hotel on Victoria Road. It was built in 1861, rebuilt in 1916, and refurbished in 1925 and 1933. It closed in 1992, landlocked by roads and with no local workers. Until 2004 it served only as a platform for billboards advertising to traffic on the Western Distributor, and on 5 September 2008 was destroyed by a suspicious fire and immediately demolished. The state government bought the site in June 2010. The rubble was removed on 29 October 2010 and the block levelled.
The derelict White Bay Power Station
The White Bay Power Station is a heritage listed former coal-fired power station on a site in White Bay, in the suburb of Rozelle, from Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
The remains of the plant can be clearly seen at the western end of ...
dominates the landscape. On the eastern side stands the Anzac Bridge
The Anzac Bridge is an eight-lane cable-stayed bridge that carries the Western Distributor (A4) across Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Glebe Island (part of the suburb of Rozelle), on the western fringe of the central business district of ...
, which was completed in 1996 and is the main arterial link between the inner west and Sydney city. Below the bridge lies its predecessor, the Glebe Island Bridge
The Glebe Island Bridge is a heritage-listed disused swing Allan truss road bridge that carried Victoria Road (as Bank Street) across Rozelle Bay, located in the inner city Sydney suburb of Pyrmont in the City of Sydney local government a ...
, which opened in 1903.Anzac Bridge
Office of Environment & Heritage
The New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), a former division of the Government of New South Wales between April 2011 and July 2019, was responsible for the care and protection of the environment and heritage, which includes ...
Gallery
Image:White Bay Power Station.JPG, White Bay Power Station
The White Bay Power Station is a heritage listed former coal-fired power station on a site in White Bay, in the suburb of Rozelle, from Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
The remains of the plant can be clearly seen at the western end of ...
Image:White Bay New South Wales 4.JPG, 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, Johnston ...
grain silos
Image:Balmain Coal Loader 1.JPG, Balmain Coal Loader
Image:White_Bay_Demolition.jpg, White Bay Hotel
The White Bay Hotel is a former pub in operation between 1860 and 1992, since destroyed by fire, demolished, and the land acquired by the New South Wales Government.
History
The hotel was built in 1860 on the corner of the then Crescent and Wes ...
demolition
File:B_Bush_Bridge.JPG, Beatrice Bush Bridge, bike and pedestrian access over Victoria Road
Notable residents
For 25 years from 1971 to just before her death in 1996, one of Sydney's true characters, Beatrice Olive ("Beattie") Bush, sold papers to passing motorists at the junction of The Crescent (
City West Link
City West Link is a link road in Sydney, Australia. It makes up a section of the A4 between Leichhardt, Haberfield and Five Dock. As such, it provides an alternative route to Parramatta Road into the Sydney central business district from th ...
) and
Victoria Road.
[Powerhouse Museum; ''Statement of significance: Newspaper trolley owner by Beatrice Bush'']
Retrieved on 5 November 2006.
Every morning in all weather, wearing
Balmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995–96) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in t ...
socks and running shoes, Beatrice was part of the drive to work for thousands of motorists.
The 1984 song ''The White Bay Paper Seller'' by
Judy Small
Judith Margaret Small is a retired judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and former folk singer.
Small was known for her feminist, often patriotic, and political songs, usually following a traditional theme. She produced twelve albu ...
was written about Beatrice. The 1986 painting ''Beatrice the Paper-Seller of the White Bay Intersection'' by
Susan Dorothea White
Susan Dorothea White (born 10 August 1941) is an Australian artist and author. She is a narrative artist and her work concerns the natural world and human situation, increasingly incorporating satire and irony to convey her concern for human righ ...
shows Beatrice Bush running between the cars and trucks, selling newspapers in the rain. The 2004 documentary, ''The Paper Queen'' by Julie Nebauer documented her life.
[Australian Film Commission; ''The Paper Queen''; Film Database Entry]
Retrieved on 5 November 2006. In 2005 a new cycle bridge crossing Victoria Road at the intersection of The Crescent was named the Beatrice Bush Bridge in her honour. Her newspaper trolley, hat, gloves and other clothing items are held in the
Powerhouse Museum
The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS) in Sydney, the others being the historic Sydney Observatory at Observatory Park, Sydney, Observatory Hill, and the newer Museums Discovery Centre at Castle ...
collection in Sydney.
References
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ttp://www.smh.com.au/news/national/beer-may-flow-once-again/2008/06/01/1212258647602.html Beer may flow once again at White Bay HotelSusan Dorothea White's 1986 painting 'Beatrice the Paper-Seller of the White Bay Intersection'
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Sydney localities
Bays of New South Wales