Blackwall, New South Wales

Suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
33°30′20″S 151°19′55″E / 33.50556°S 151.33194°E / -33.50556; 151.33194Population1,941 (2021 census)[1] • Density1,620/km2 (4,190/sq mi)Postcode(s)2256Elevation8 m (26 ft)Area1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi)Location
  • 15 km (9 mi) S of Gosford
  • 3 km (2 mi) SSE of Woy Woy
  • 81 km (50 mi) from Sydney
LGA(s)Central Coast CouncilParishPatongaState electorate(s)GosfordFederal division(s)Robertson
Suburbs around Blackwall:
Woy Woy Brisbane Water St Huberts Island
Woy Woy Blackwall Daleys Point
Umina Beach Ettalong Beach Booker Bay

Blackwall is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, south of Woy Woy on Brisbane Water, 81 kilometres (50 mi) north of Sydney. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.

The suburb includes a boat ramp and a bushland recreation reserve, Kitchener Reserve, offering walk trails and views from Blackwall Mountain. The section of the suburb east of Kitchener Park is locally known as Orange Grove.

Blackwall was, between 1862 and 1913, the site of the Rock Davis shipyard, and over 120 wooden-hulled vessels were built there.[2] Among the best known were the fast Sydney Harbour ferry, Vaucluse, built in 1905, Queen Bee, a small 'sixty-miler' built in 1907, and the small twin-screw coastal steamer, Belbowrie, built in 1911.[3][4] The last vessel built there was the ferry, Woollahra.[2]

The naming of Blackwall is credited to Rock Davis, who named it after Blackwall, London, which was also a centre of shipbuilding.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Blackwall". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 May 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Builder's half model of 'SS Alice' built by Rock Davis, Blackwall, NSW, 1888". collection.maas.museum. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ "FLOTILLA AUSTRALIA". flotilla-australia.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ^ "SHIPPING ITEMS". Daily Commercial News And Shipping List. No. 4800. New South Wales, Australia. 14 June 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 23 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Placenames — Gosford City Council". 29 August 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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