Rozelle Bay is a bay located to the south of

Glebe Island Glebe Island was a major port facility in Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour and, in association with the adjacent White Bay (New South Wales), White Bay facility, was the primary receiving venue for imported cars and dry bulk goods in the region unt ...

and the west of

Blackwattle Bay Blackwattle Bay is a bay located to the southeast of Glebe Island and east of Rozelle Bay on Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The bay was named in 1788 after the black wattle tree found at the bay, which was used for housing const ...

, on

Sydney Harbour Port Jackson, commonly known as Sydney Harbour, is a ria, natural harbour on the east coast of Australia, around which Sydney was built. It consists of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove River, Lane ...

. The naming of the bay is derived from either the Rosella bird or the Rosella plant, with the latter being more likely, due to the other names in the area that have botanic origins. A light rail station on the Dulwich Hill Line is named after the bay. Rozelle Bay is fed by Johnstons Creek and Whites Creek. The dockyard of the

Sydney Heritage Fleet Sydney Heritage Fleet, is the trading name of Sydney Maritime Museum Ltd., a public company in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Fleet restores and operates a number of historic vessels including the barque ''James Craig''. In 2003 ...

is located on the western shore of Rozelle Bay.

Gallery

File:Rozelle_Bay_cove.JPG, A cove of Rozelle Bay File:Esther_Abrahams_Pavilion_view_to_Rozelle_Bay.JPG, View of Rozelle Bay Marina from

Esther Abrahams Esther Abrahams (born c. 1767 or 1771 – died 26 August 1846) was a Londoner sent to Australia as a convict on the First Fleet. She was de facto wife of George Johnston, who was for six months acting Governor of New South Wales after leading ...

Pavilion File:Sydney Heritage Fleet Heritage dock Rozelle.jpg, Sydney Heritage Fleet Dockyard File:Johnstons Creek debouching into Rozelle Bay, view of Sydney Boathouse from Allan truss bridge.jpg, Looking across the bay, from the Allan truss bridge on Johnston Creek toward the Sydney Boathouse in Rozelle

References

Bays of New South Wales Sydney Harbour Inner West {{Sydney-geo-stub