Dictionary of Sydney

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Harbour Foreshores Vigilance Committee

Association formed in 1905 to protect public access to the foreshores of Sydney Harbour and to lobby for the resumption of areas of private land to create public reserves. 

Milestone
Formed
01 Nov 1905
Name
Alternate
Harbor Foreshores Vigilance Committee
Position
1905
Type

Parsley Bay: ‘One of the people’s playgrounds’

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2020

Parsley Bay is an inlet of Sydney Harbour bordered by Point Seymour and Village Point, and is the traditional land of the Birrabirragal people. In 1907 the bay and immediate surrounds became a public reserve, and it has remained ‘one of the people’s playgrounds’ ever since.