NAMES AT BARANGAROO
The Barangaroo Delivery Authority has been working closely with the City of Sydney, Lend Lease, the NSW Geographical Names Board, the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council and the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council on the naming of places at Barangaroo.
In consultation with these key stakeholders the names chosen for places at Barangaroo reflect Aboriginal culture, prominent Sydneysiders and the history of the local area. These themes were also consistently popular in the 2006 public naming competition that produced the name ‘Barangaroo’.
The approach adopted by the Authority has been to ensure that names for the northern area of Barangaroo reference Aboriginal people and culture, with names for other parts of the precinct evenly distributed across historical, natural, nautical and urban themes.
The following names are currently going through the NSW Geographical Names Board's gazettal process.
Barangaroo Point: Named for Barangaroo. For a point created as part of the Barangaroo project. At the north-western tip of Nawi Cove.
Nawi Cove: Named for a type of canoe used by local Aboriginal peoples. For a new large cove created as part of the Barangaroo project. The cove extends almost to Hickson Road and is bordered by Barangaroo Point and an area at central Barangaroo that will be gazetted in the future.
Watermans Cove: Named for a historical form of employment for 19th Century residents. For a new small cove created as part of the Barangaroo project. The cove is within the southern part of Barangaroo and extends to Barangaroo Avenue
Marrinawi Cove: Named for a local Aboriginal word for large sailing vessels, such as would use the adjacent Moores Wharf. For a new small cove created as part of the Barangaroo project. The cove is located at the northern area ofBarangaroo Point, adjacent to Moores Wharf and near to Towns Place.
Wulumay Walk: Named for a local Aboriginal word for a type of fish. For a pedestrian thoroughfare with restricted access running from Towns Place to King Street Wharf along the foreshore of Barangaroo.
Watermans Quay: Named for a historical form of employment for 19th Century residents. For a new avenue running east-west at the southern part of Barangaroo. It runs from Hickson Road to Watermans Cove. This will be a broad roadway, with plantings on each side.
Shipwright Walk: Named for a historical form of employment for 19th Century residents. For a pedestrian thoroughfare with restricted access running east-west at the southern part of Barangaroo.
Merchant Walk: Recognises the history of this area as a hub of commerce for 200 years. For a pedestrian thoroughfare with restricted access running east-west at the southern part of Barangaroo.
Barangaroo Avenue: Named for Barangaroo. For a new avenue running north-south at the southern part of Barangaroo. It runs from the northern end of Lime Street to an area at central Barangaroo that will be gazetted in the future.
Burrawang Steps: Named for a Sydney cycad planted at Barangaroo Point. For a pedestrian route consisting of steps atBarangaroo Point.
Walumil Steps: Named for a local Aboriginal word for a Port Jackson Shark. For a pedestrian route consisting of steps atBarangaroo Point.
Girra Girra Steps: Named for a local Aboriginal word for sea gulls. For a pedestrian route consisting of steps at Barangaroo Point.
Dukes Pier: Named for a former wharf located nearby. For a pier within Nawi Cove. The pier will be for private use, such as for water taxis.
Scotch Row: for a pedestrian walk at Barangaroo South. Celebrates the area known as Scotch Row, which ran along Clyde Street (now removed as part of building Hickson Road). Scotch Row housed master stonemasons brought out to Sydney whose local works include the the Lord Nelson Hotel.
Rowntrees Dock: for a pontoon in the northern cove. This recognises Rowntree’s Floating Dock, a major 19th Century wharf, located almost exactly at this spot. A simple and elegant link between the historical and the future docks at Barangaroo.
Barton Street: for a vehicular street at Barangaroo South. This commemorates Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia who born nearby in Glebe and educated locally at Fort Street High.
Exchange Place: for a plaza connecting Wynyard Walk, King Street Wharf, International Towers Sydney and the Barangaroo Ferry Hub. Acknowledges the history of this area as a place of exchange of goods, ideas and people. Once again Barangaroo will be a place of exchange, just of a different type of goods and people.