Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Parsley Bay suspension bridge

Single wire cable suspension bridge across Parsley Bay designed by Vaucluse Council Town Clerk and civil engineer Edwin S Sautelle in 1910.

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Milestone
Constructed
1910
Position
1909 - 1910
Type

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

CC BY-SA 2.0
,
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.