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Mosman Bay ferry wharf

Mosman Bay ferry wharf

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Mosman Bay ferry wharf is located on Mosman Bay on the northern side of Sydney Harbour serving the Sydney suburb of Mosman. It is served by Sydney Ferries Mosman services operated by First Fleet class ferries.[2]

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History

The first regular ferry service was arranged by property developer Richard Harnett in the early 1870s. A tram service to the wharf commenced in March 1897. At the same and in anticipation of increased demand from a developing and increasingly prosperous Mosman area, Sydney Ferries Limited improved frequency of ferries from Circular Quay. In addition to Mosman Wharf, ferries on that route serviced Musgrave Street Wharf (now South Mosman) and Cremorne Wharf (renamed Old Cremorne) with the opening of the Cremorne Point wharf and its tram connection in 1911.

In 1900, Sydney Ferries Limited acquired a freehold over then wharf and completed a significant Edwardian-style expansion providing a new wharf, waiting rooms and shops.[3][4]

In 1961, the pontoon sank,[5] and the in 1960s, the Edwardian wharf was replaced with a modern style structure. On 26 March 2014, the wharf was closed for to replace the pontoon and gangway whilst the existing waterside structure was refurbished.[6][7]

Services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
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Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates one bus route via Mosman Bay wharf, under contract to Transport for NSW:

  • Paddle steamer Millie at the wharf, 1885-1895
  • John Mather's painting "Mosman's Bay", 1889
  • Kurraba arrives at the Edwardian era wharf, early twentieth century
  • Sunken pontoon April 1961

References

  1. [1]
    A Brief History of Mosman Archived 14 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine Mosman Council
  2. [2]
    "F6 Mosman Bay ferry timetable". Transport for NSW.
  3. [3]
    "THE SYDNEY FERRIES, LTD". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 19, 359. New South Wales, Australia. 30 March 1900. p. 7. Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "SYDNEY FERRIES, LIMITED". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 19, 465. New South Wales, Australia. 1 August 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    City of Sydney Archives
  6. [6]
    Mosman Bay Wharf upgrade - completed Roads & Maritime Services
  7. [7]
    Mosman Bay wharf reopens to customers today after $3 million upgrade Transport for NSW 8 October 2014
  8. [8]
    "Keolis Downer route 230". Transport for NSW.
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