The Woolooware Bay is a bay on the lower estuarine Georges River in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
| Woolooware Bay | |
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 The Georges River, looking east. The Woolooware Bay is pictured as the most easterly bay, to the right and back of the picture, southeast of the Captain Cook Bridge, the most easterly river crossing. | |
  Woolooware Bay Location of Woolooware Bay in New South Wales | |
| Location | Southern Sydney, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 34°01′55″S 151°09′04″E / 34.03194°S 151.15111°E[1] |
| Type | Bay |
| Primary outflows | Georges River |
| Catchment area | 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Managing agency | Sutherland Shire Council |
| Frozen | never |
| Settlements | Caringbah, Kurnell, Taren Point, Woolooware |
Location and features
editThe bay is located near where the Georges River empties into Botany Bay, southeast of the Captain Cook Bridge. The bay's catchment area is bound by Botany Bay to the north, Bate Bay sub-catchment to the east, Gwawley Bay sub-catchment to the west and Port Hacking sub-catchment to the south.[2] The bay is surrounded by the suburbs of Kurnell to the east, Woolooware[3] to the south, and Taren Point and Caringbah to the west of the bay's shore.[4] Mangrove swamps were traditionally located around the bay area. Some were reclaimed to create parks and playing fields including Endeavour Field (Toyota Park), Woolooware Golf Course and Cronulla Golf Course.
References
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- ^ "Woolooware Bay (NSW)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Draft Woolooware Bay Catchment Flood Study" (PDF). Council & The Shire: Public Consultations (PDF). Sutherland Shire Council. April 2003. p. ii. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Suburb names in the Sutherland Shire" (PDF).
- ^ Pollon, Frances, ed. (1990). The Book of Sydney Suburbs. Australia: Angus & Robertson Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 0-207-14495-8.
External links
edit- "Draft Woolooware Bay Catchment Flood Study" (PDF). Council & The Shire: Public Consultations (PDF). Sutherland Shire Council. April 2003.
- "Draft Woolooware Bay Catchment Flood Study - Figures" (PDF). Council & The Shire: Public Consultations (PDF). Sutherland Shire Council. April 2003.
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