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Cruising Yacht Club of Australia at Rushcutters Bay, c1980

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[B4498, 186D7]

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Sailing

Sydney's first European colonists clung to the coastline and looked to the harbour and the sea for survival. Early recreational sailing was a product of the city's function as a seaport town. Sailing has since adapted to reflect and contribute Sydney's changing culture and customs.

Rushcutters Bay Park

Rushcutters Bay Park, a popular recreational reserve, has long associations with the Royal Australian Navy and civilian sailing.

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Rushcutters Bay

Inner eastern high-density residential suburb between Potts Point and Darling Point, named for the rushes cut by convicts for thatching in the early days of the colony. Sydney Stadium was built there in 1908 but demolished in the 1970s for the Eastern Suburbs Railway.

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Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

Yacht club at Rushcutters Bay formed in 1944.

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Rushcutters Bay

Bay about two kilometres east of Sydney Cove so named because convicts cut rushes there for thatching. Now noted as the site of a major harbour marina.

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