Lavender Bay Heritage Walk led by Dr Roy Lumby
Join the Twentieth Century Heritage Society of NSW and ACT for the Lavender Bay Heritage Walk led by heritage practitioner Dr Roy Lumby.
Opening of the North Shore Terminal at Lavender Bay, 29 April 1893 (State Library of NSW – Hall & Co.)
Originally known by First Nations people as Gooweebahree or Quibaree, understood to mean spring of fresh water, Lavender Bay’s history has been rich and varied. In the 1820s and 1830s, it was known as Hulk Bay, after the prison hulk Phoenix that was anchored there. It was renamed Lavender Bay after George Lavender, the boatswain of the Phoenix. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Lavender Bay contrasted stately houses with a dynamic working waterfront, notable for its extensive boatbuilding and repair. However, the locality was transformed first by the coming of the railway in the 1890s and then by the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 1920s.
This walk will explore Lavender Bay’s rich built heritage and the evidence it provides of the locality’s evolution during the twentieth century.
Date: Sunday, 23 February 2025.
Time: 11.00 am (walk duration approx. 2 hours).
Price: Members $25. Non-members $35.
Meet: Harry’s Park, corner of Dind Street and Glen Street, Milsons Point.
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