LITTLE BAY, NEW SOUTH WALES

'Little Bay' is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Little Bay is located 14 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Randwick. The postcode is 2036.
Little Bay is a coastal suburb, to the north of Botany Bay. It is adjacent to the suburbs of La Perouse, Malabar, Chifley and Phillip Bay.
The suburb takes its name from the geographical formation called Little Bay, which also features a small beach. The Prince Henry Hospital, no longer in use, was located at Little Bay. There are plans to build a set of residential buildings on the site by Landcom. ^[1]

Contents

History

Landmarks

Street Names

Transport

References

External links

History

The beach at Little Bay was first used as a makeshift camp during Sydney's smallpox outbreak in 1881-82, to isolate sufferers of the disease. After 1885, further smallpox outbreaks and a typhoid epidemic convinced the government to build a permanent hospital here to treat infectious diseases. Little Bay was an ideal location because it was isolated from settlements but still close enough to Sydney. The Coast Hospital was particularly valuable during the bubonic plague in Sydney of 1900 and then again when soldiers returning from Europe brought the influenza virus back in 1919. The Coast Hospital became Prince Henry Hospital in 1934. In 2001 services were transferred to Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney and the hospital site became available for residential use.
Little Bay was originally called Yarra Junction but mail would end up in Melbourne (Vic) so the residents asked for the suburb's name to be changed. This was granted and changed to Phillip Bay Heights (Phillip Bay is a suburb located between Little Bay and Botany Bay) but as everyone called the area Little Bay this was the name that was eventually officially adopted.
During the 1950's much of the land was provided to returned Servicemen via War Ballots.
The north headland of Botany Bay (Henry Head) has a number of features including an old cementry, 2 old army gun placemnets, a lighhouse and the wreck of the SS Minmi on what is called Pussycat Island.^[2]
The older of the gun placements was originally built just after the completion of Bare Island to provide additional coverage of the entrance to Botany Bay.

Landmarks

Aboriginal Health College

Little Bay Sporting Complex

Little Bay Weather Station

Prince Henry Development Project

Prince Henry Hospital

Spinal Cord Injuries Australia

St Michael's Golf Club

The Coast Golf Club

Street Names

The suburb of Little Bay comprises 20 public streets. Most names were derived from Aboriginal words or eminent people.

'Name'	'Derivation'
Abbe Receveur Place	Named after Louis Receveur, a Franciscan friar and scientist who sailed with La Perouse
Alkoo Avenue	Aboriginal word meaning "visitor"
Anzac Parade	Named to commemorate the occasion when the First Australian Imperial Force camped at Kensington Racecourse
Bega Avenue	Aboriginal word meaning "large camping ground"
Binda Crescent	Aboriginal word meaning "deep water"
Budd Avenue	Named after an early female resident
Bunnerong Road	Aboriginal word meaning "sleeping lizard"
Dawes Avenue	Names after Lieutenant William Dawes who was on the First Fleet
Dwyer Avenue	Names after Matt Dwyer, former Mayor of Randwick
Gipps Avenue	Named after Sir George Gipps, former Governor of NSW
Goora Street	Aboriginal word meaning "long" or "tall"
Grose Street	Named after Francis Grose, first Lieutenant-Governor of NSW
Little Bay Road	Named after nearby Little Bay
Marconi Place	Named after Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist who developed the wireless telegraph
Mirrabooka Crescent	Aboriginal word for the "Southern Cross"
Noora Avenue	Aboriginal word meaning "camp"
Nurla Avenue	Aboriginal word meaning "plenty"
Reservoir Street	Named because there is a water reservoir nearby
Woomera Road	Aboriginal word – see woomera
Woonah Street	(information needed)

Adapted from: Street, Park & Place Names of Randwick City

Transport

Little Bay is served by four different bus services operated by Sydney Buses:

'Regular''service'	'Express''service'	'Limited stops''service'	'From'	'To'	'Via'
392	X92	n/a	Little Bay	Circular Quay	Chifley, Matraville and Eastgardens
393	n/a	n/a	Little Bay	Railway Square	Maroubra
394	X94	L94	La Perouse	Circular Quay	Maroubra
399	X99	n/a	Little Bay	Circular Quay	Malabar and Maroubra

All routes pass Kingsford, the University of NSW and Kensington, although express services do not stop between Kingsford and the city.

References

1. http://www.stockland.com.au/Apartments/NSW/Sydney/PrinceHenry/About/
2. http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=70


★ ''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

★ Street, Park & Place Names of Randwick City

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