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Cockle Bay is a small bay in inner-city Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the western edge of the Sydney central business district.

Cockle Bay is one of the bays in Darling Harbour, which opens into the much larger Sydney Harbour. The locality around the bay is also known as Darling Harbour. The bay is primarily known for Cockle Bay Wharf, a waterfront entertainment area designed by Eric Kuhne that includes a wide variety of restaurants, pubs, clubs, cafes and function venues.

History

When the First Fleet reached Sydney Cove in January 1788, the convict transport Scarborough also carried 5,000 bricks and 12 wooden moulds for making bricks. This token consignment sufficed for the first settlers to make a start on the colony's first buildings, until they could find a suitable site for brick-making. Brick-making required a plentiful supply of clay and a ready source of fresh water. Approximately a mile from the settlement, at the head of a long cove (and consequently so named), a suitable site for brick-making was located. This site was later named Cockle Bay, and still later, Darling Harbour.^[1]

References

^ Australia's First Settlement Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Official Cockle Bay Wharf website
Kirsty Harris - University of Melbourne (2010). "Girard's wharf". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 7 October 2015. [CC-By-SA]

33°52′18″S 151°12′03″E / 33.8718°S 151.2007°E / -33.8718; 151.2007

[1] Australia's First Settlement Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

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-[[File:Darling Harbour Panorama.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Cockle Bay and [[Sydney]] [[Central business district|CBD]] skyline]]
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-'''Cockle Bay''' is a small [[bay]] in inner-city [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It is located on the western edge of the [[Sydney central business district]].
-Cockle Bay is one of the bays in Darling Harbour, which opens into the much larger [[Sydney Harbour]]. The locality around the bay is also known as [[Darling Harbour, New South Wales|Darling Harbour]]. The bay is primarily known for Cockle Bay Wharf, a waterfront entertainment area designed by [[Eric Kuhne]] that includes a wide variety of restaurants, pubs, clubs, cafes and function venues.
+'''Cockle Bay''' is a small [[bay]] in inner-city [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It is located on the western edge of the [[Sydney central business district]].
+Cockle Bay is one of the bays in Darling Harbour, which opens into the much larger [[Sydney Harbour]]. The locality around the bay is also known as [[Darling Harbour]]. The bay is primarily known for Cockle Bay Wharf, a waterfront entertainment area designed by [[Eric Kuhne]] that includes a wide variety of restaurants, pubs, clubs, cafes and function venues.
 ==History==
-When the [[First Fleet]] reached [[Sydney Cove]] in January 1788, a consignment of 5,000 bricks and 12 wooden moulds for making bricks was included in the cargo carried by the transport [[Scarborough (ship)|Scarborough]]. This token consignment was adequate enough to enable the first settlers to make a start on the colony’s first buildings, until the location of a suitable site for brick-making could be found. A site deemed suitable for this endeavour would need to have a plentiful supply of clay and a ready source of fresh water. Approximately a mile from the settlement, at the head of a long cove (and consequently so named), a suitable site for brick-making was located. This site was later named Cockle Bay, and still later, Darling Harbour.<ref>[http://www.buildingreports.com.au/Australia-first-settlement.htm Australia's First Settlement]</ref>
+When the [[First Fleet]] reached [[Sydney Cove]] in January 1788, the convict transport [[Scarborough (1782 ship)|''Scarborough'']] also carried 5,000 bricks and 12 wooden moulds for making bricks. This token consignment sufficed for the first settlers to make a start on the colony's first buildings, until they could find a suitable site for brick-making. Brick-making required a plentiful supply of clay and a ready source of fresh water. Approximately a mile from the settlement, at the head of a long cove (and consequently so named), a suitable site for brick-making was located. This site was later named Cockle Bay, and still later, Darling Harbour.<ref>[http://www.buildingreports.com.au/Australia-first-settlement.htm Australia's First Settlement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705023317/http://www.buildingreports.com.au/Australia-first-settlement.htm |date=2008-07-05 }}</ref>
+[[File:Darling Harbour Panorama.jpg|thumb|600px|center|Cockle Bay and [[Sydney]] [[Central business district|CBD]] skyline, June 2009]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 * [http://www.cocklebaywharf.com.au/ Official Cockle Bay Wharf website]
+* {{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/girards_wharf | title = Girard's wharf | accessdate = 7 October 2015 | author = Kirsty Harris - University of Melbourne | date = 2010 | work=[[Dictionary of Sydney]]}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Creative Commons license|CC-By-SA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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 [[Category:Geography of Sydney]]
 [[Category:History of New South Wales]]
 [[Category:Bays of New South Wales]]
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