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Cockle Bay (BAY), NSW Details
Description
A bay within Darling Harbour being that part of the water area within the boundaries of the Darling Harbour Authoritys development area. The eastern extremity of this bay is a line extending from the Sydney Aquarium across to the most eastern wharf at the National Maritime Museum.
Origin
Darling Harbour was previously known as Cockle Bay. In the early days of Sydney convicts used to collect pipis (known to them as cockles) from the mud flats here.
Cockle Bay (BAY), NSW
| title | Cockle Bay (BAY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 71205 |
| placename | Cockle Bay |
| designation | BAY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | SYDNEY |
| description | A bay within Darling Harbour being that part of the water area within the boundaries of the Darling Harbour Authoritys development area. The eastern extremity of this bay is a line extending from the Sydney Aquarium across to the most eastern wharf at the National Maritime Museum. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Darling Harbour was previously known as Cockle Bay. In the early days of Sydney convicts used to collect pipis (known to them as cockles) from the mud flats here. |
| history |
