Walsh Bay is a bay within Port Jackson, about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) south of the suburb McMahons Point. It is named after Henry Deane Walsh, Engineer-in-chief of the Sydney Harbour Trust.[1] Walsh Bay is officially defined as that body of water that stretches from the Dawes Point (Aboriginal: Tar-ra) in the north east, to the Millers Point (Aboriginal: Coodyee) in the southwest and the original shoreline has been altered to include developments now known as Piers 1 to 9.[2]
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.jpg) A 1937 image of the Sydney Harbour Bridge with Walsh Bay to the right of the Bridge in the centre of the image | |
  Walsh Bay | |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 33°51′16″S 151°12′16″E / 33.8545°S 151.2045°E |
| Etymology | Henry Deane Walsh[1] |
| Part of | Sydney Harbour |
In more recent times, Walsh Bay refers to the Walsh Bay Wharves Precinct or the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, a harbour-side area in Sydney, located next to the neighbouring suburbs of Dawes Point and Millers Point that historically was a working port. The wharves were converted to apartments, theatres, restaurants, cafes and a hotel,[3] and in 2015 was designated as a major arts precinct.[4] Much of the precinct is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.[3]
The bay was first named in 1918 on drawings of a major new ‘wharfage scheme’ to modernise all Sydney's docks to handle steamships and motor vehicles. The rejuvenation was planned by Henry Deane Walsh as engineer-in-chief of the Sydney Harbour Trust. Its then-chairman, Robert Rowan Purdon Hickson, lent his name to Hickson Road, the new freight thoroughfare around this headland.[5]
History
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The precinct was originally known by the Aboriginal names of Tar-ra and Tullagalla.[6] The wharf was constructed from 1912 to 1921.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "WalshBay". gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Gateway to Walsh Bay walk" (PDF). Heritage Walk. Walsh Bay Precinct Association. 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Walsh Bay Wharves Precinct". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Aubusson, Kate (22 May 2015). "Walsh Bay arts precinct plan gets green light". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Walsh Bay". Walsh Bay. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Dawes Point". Walshbay.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2015.