Woolloomooloo Wharf - Woolloomooloo - Sydney

My 16th 2014

10 Things You May Not Have Known About......

WOOLLOOMOOLOO WHARF

1. The Finger Wharf Or Woolloomooloo Bay Is The Longest Timber Piled Wharf In The World & The Longest Finger Wharf.

2. It Was Built By The Sydney Harbour Trust Between  1911 & 1915. It Was Designed By The Trusts Engineer In Chief... Henry Walsh

3. The Wharf Has A Length Of 410 Metres & A Width Of 64 Metres, & Is Composed Of Two Side Sheets Running Almost The Length Of The Jetty,  Connected By A Covered Roadway. 

4. The Finger Wharf Was An Operational Working Wharf For Much Of The 20th Century. During Its working Life, For About 70 Years, It Primarily  Handled The Export Of Wool. It Took Overseas Shipping From Europe & America As Well As From The Pacific. 
It Also Acted As A Staging Point For Troop Deployment To Both World Wars, As a Well As A Disembarking Point For New Migrants Arriving In Australia.

5. By The 1970's, New Container Ports With Larger Wharfing Facilities And Cruise Liner Terminals Around The City Meant The Use If The Wharf Declined.
By The 1980's The Wharf Lay Derelict & In 1987, The NSW Government Decided To Demolish it.

6. A New 440 Berth Marina & Resort Was Approved To Replace The a Wharf But When The Demolition Work Was Due To Begin In January 1991, Locals Blocked The Entry To The Site. 

7. Public Sentiment Was For Retention, & A Host Of Public Meetings Were Held Before Unions Imposed A Green Ban Which Stopped Demolition Crews From Undertaking Work

8. Other Uses For The Site Were Canvassed & Included A Museum Of Work & Industry. 

9. In 1999, The Walker Corporation & Multiplex Completed A 300 Million Makeover That Created 300 Apartments, A Hotel, & A Marina. The Development Has Attracted Famous Tenants... Among From Russell Crowe & John Laws. 

10. Woolloomooloo Wharf Is Among One Of Sydney's Best Dining Strips With Otto, Manta & China Doll Among Those Restaurants To Call It Home. The Blue Hotel Is a operated By The Taj Hotel Group.