The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
Recreational area at the head of Blackwattle Bay on what was originally tidal swamps. Its foreshores were used for abattoirs and boiling down works from the 1830s to the 1860s but in 1876, the swamp was filled in to eliminate noxious smells. Beginning in 1882, Wentworth Park was built on the land that had been reclaimed.
