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Berry Island
Previously an island between Gore Cove and Balls Head Bay at Wollstonecraft, it is now joined to the peninsula by reclaimed parkland.
Beverley Park
Residential and parkland suburb at the head of Kogarah Bay. In 1988, the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) nominated part of it as a conservation area for its value as a rare example of a 1930s subdivision composed predominantly of Californian bungalows and for…
Beverly Hills
Southern residential suburb largely developed after the completion of the East Hills railway line in 1931. Residents disliked its previous name 'Dumbleton' and it was renamed in 1940 after the district in California.
Bexley North
Southern residential suburb, named for Bexley in London by James Chandler, an early landholder. Its railway station opened on the East Hills line in 1931.
Bicentennial Park
Natural heritage site featuring wetland ecosystem and parklands, on the shore of Homebush Bay.
Bicentennial Reserve Naremburn
Reserve encompassing Flat Rock Creek and containing urban bushland and outdoor recreation facilities.
Bickley Vale
Rural locality west of Camden. Named after the property owned by the Sidman family, it has remained virtually untouched by residential development.
Big Island Estate
Subdivision created in 1876 out of the 2,000 acres granted to John Terry Hughes in 1842, which became part of Warrawee.
Birchgrove
Wealthy waterfront suburb located on the north west slope of the Balmain peninsula. It is named after Birch Grove House, home of John Birch, paymaster of the 73rd Regiment.
Birkenhead Point
South easterly point on the Drummoyne peninsula. Once home to a tyre factory, now redeveloped into a shopping centre.
Birrung Park White Bay
Park in Balmain beside the former White Bay container facility.