Berrys Bay

Berrys Bay is a bay located to the east of the Waverton Peninsula and the west of McMahons Point, on the north of Sydney Harbour.

Berrys Bay and SS South Steyne

A number of ship building firms operate from the bay.

History

Shipbuilding

William Alfred Dunn (1839 – 1915) established a boat-building yard at Berry's Bay in the 1870s.[1][2] In 1878 Dunn built Sydney's first steamer with propellers at both ends for the North Shore Ferry Company, for passenger ferry service in Sydney Harbour.[3] Dunn's boatyard at Berry's Bay built ferry-boats, tugboats and lighters, as well as sailing boats and steam yachts. His sons, Charles and William Dunn, also became boat-builders.[4][5]

Walter McFarlane Ford (1841 – 1934) established a shipbuilding yard at Berry's Bay in 1878, which, over a period of 40 years, turned out a variety of vessels, including pearling schooners, island and mission vessels, surfboats and racing yachts and cruisers.[6][7][2]

A maritime precinct

In 2008 the Government of New South Wales called for Expressions of Interest for the private sector to develop a maritime precinct at Berrys Bay.[8] In 2013 Roads & Maritime Services and Government Property NSW entered into an agreement to lease with Pacifica Developments (formerly known as Meridien Marinas) to develop a maritime precinct at this site.[9] No later information is available on this project.

In March 2021 Transport for NSW appointed a Berrys Bay Community and Stakeholder Working Group to help shape a fresh vision for this historic Waverton harbourside location. The group was scheduled to meet for the first time in April.[10] In February 2022 ownership of the Qurantine Depot site passed to North Sydney Council.[11]

References
  1. North Sydney Heritage Leaflet 9: Boatbuilding in North Sydney, North Sydney Heritage Centre, North Sydney Council.
  2. Family records, Ancestry.com.
  3. New Harbour Ferry Boat, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney), 28 September 1878, page 32.
  4. Veteran Boat-Builder: Death of Mr. W. A. Dunn, 3 September 1915, page 5.
  5. The Hon. R. H. D. White's New Yacht, 26 March 1889, page 8.
  6. Shipbuilder Dies, Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 8 December 1934, page 7.
  7. Mr. E. A. E. Ford, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 1937, page 21.
  8. Berrys Bay Maritime Precinct Government of New South Wales
  9. Berrys Bay proposed maritime precinct Roads & Maritime Services
  10. A new Berrys Bay Community and Stakeholder Working Group has been appointed to help shape a fresh vision for this historic Waverton harbourside location Transport for NSW 26 March 2021
  11. Unlocking the Berrys Bay foreshore with the transformation of Quarantine Depot site Department of Planning & Environment 4 February 2022

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