Walsh Bay

Walsh Bay
A 1937 image of the Sydney Harbour Bridge with Walsh Bay to the right of the Bridge in the centre of the image
Location	Sydney, New South Wales
Coordinates	33°50′56″S 151°12′04″E / 33.849°S 151.201°E / -33.849; 151.201Coordinates: 33°50′56″S 151°12′04″E / 33.849°S 151.201°E / -33.849; 151.201
Etymology	Henry Dean Walsh
Part of	Sydney Harbour

Walsh Bay is a bay within Port Jackson, about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) south of the suburb McMahons Point. It is named after Henry Dean Walsh, Engineer-in-chief of the Sydney Harbour Trust. Walsh Bay is officially defined as that body of water that stretches from the Dawes Point (Aboriginal: Tar-ra) in the north east, to the Millers Point (Aboriginal: Coodyee) in the southwest and the original shoreline has been altered to include developments now known as Piers 1 to 9.

In more recent times, Walsh Bay refers to the Walsh Bay Wharves Precinct or the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, a harbour-side area in Sydney, located next to the neighbouring suburbs of Dawes Point and Millers Point that historically was a working port. The wharves were converted to apartments, theatres, restaurants, cafes and a hotel, and in 2015 was designated as a major arts precinct. Much of the precinct is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.

The precinct was originally known by the Aboriginal names of Tar-ra and Tullagalla. The wharf was constructed from 1912 to 1921.