Bayview Park ferry wharf

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Bayview Park ferry wharf, and the namesake public park located adjacent to it, is built upon the site of the historical Burwood ferry wharf, which provided vital transport links from the region to Parramatta and the Sydney central business district in the early 19th century.{{cite web|title=Bayview Park|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2890319|website=Heritage Council of New South Wales|publisher=Office of Environment & Heritage|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105004036/http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2890319|archive-date=5 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=28 November 2008|url-status=live}} Burwood wharf is most significant for being the landing site of {{HMS|Buffalo|1813|6}} on 26 February 1840,{{cite web|title=Canadian Exiles Monument|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/government/dissent/display/20697-canadian-exiles-monument|website=Monument Australia|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104220823/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/government/dissent/display/20697-canadian-exiles-monument|archive-date=4 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=2012|url-status=live}} which carried 58 patriote exiles who fought against British colonialists in the Lower Canada Rebellion.{{cite web|title=The French Canadian Exiles of 1840|url=https://canadabayheritage.asn.au/our-history/the-french-canadian-exiles-of-1840/|website=Canada Bay Heritage Society|publisher=City of Canada Bay|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104234729/https://canadabayheritage.asn.au/our-history/the-french-canadian-exiles-of-1840/|archive-date=4 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=15 September 2010|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Ron|title=Canadian Convicts on the HMS Buffalo 1839–1840|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/canadian.html|website=Convicts to Australia|publisher=Perth Dead Persons' Society|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104234732/http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/canadian.html|archive-date=4 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=11 June 2005|url-status=live}} The prisoners, who were incarcerated at Longbottom Stockade, formerly located at the present site of Concord Oval, were pardoned four years later, and policies pertaining to responsible government for which the Rebellions of 1837–1838 were fought, were eventually adopted in both Canada and Australia in the decades after the rebellions.{{cite web|title=History of Canada-Australia Relations|url=http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/australia-australie/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/historical-relations-historique.aspx?lang=eng|website=Government of Canada|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171104232923/http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/australia-australie/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/historical-relations-historique.aspx?lang=eng|archive-date=4 November 2017|language=en-CA|date=19 October 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite book|last1=Hamer|first1=David|authorlink1=David Hamer|editor1-last=Hamer|editor1-first=Barbara|title=Can Responsible Government Survive In Australia?|date=2004|publisher=Department of the Senate|location=Canberra, Australia|isbn=0 642 71433 9|pages=9–17|edition=2nd|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/senate/pubs/hamer/book.pdf|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104233704/https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/senate/pubs/hamer/book.pdf|archive-date=4 November 2017|format=PDF|chapter=The Origins of Responsible Government|url-status=live}} A memorial stone to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the landing of HMS Buffalo was originally erected at Cabarita Park in May 1970 by Concord Council, and dedicated by Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau. The memorial stone was moved to its current location adjacent to the wharf entrance following the development of the Bayview Park reserve in February 1984. A similar memorial stone for the exiles of the Upper Canada Rebellion, who were also carried to Australia aboard MS Buffalo, was erected in Hobart, Tasmania.{{cite web|last1=Shine|first1=Tyson|title=Memorial for Canadian convicts sent to Tasmania rededicated in Hobart|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/memorial-to-canadian-convicts-rededicated-in-hobart/6131120|website=ABC News Australia|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104214615/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/memorial-to-canadian-convicts-rededicated-in-hobart/6131120|archive-date=4 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=17 February 2015|url-status=live}} The geographic features of France Bay, Exile Bay, and Canada Bay, were named in honor of the convicts and their landing at the present-day Bayview Park.{{cite web|last1=Scanlon|first1=Mike|title=Exiles who changed a nation|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/2333092/exiles-who-changed-a-nation/|website=Newcastle Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104214127/http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2333092/exiles-who-changed-a-nation/|archive-date=4 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=6 June 2014|url-status=live}}

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The Bayview Park reserve, along with the wharf, was opened in 1980. Ferry services to the wharf were mostly run by private ventures, with Matilda Cruises operating its Darling Harbour–Homebush Bay service to the wharf until October 2005.{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Graeme|title=2006 Review of Private Ferry Fares – Response to Charter Vessel Association Submission|url=http://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/files/Submission%20-%20review%20of%20private%20ferry%20industry%20fares%202006%20-%20Action%20for%20Public%20Transport%20-%20Allan%20Miles-webdoc.PDF|website=Action for Public Transport|publisher=Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales (IPART)|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829035647/http://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/files/Submission%20-%20review%20of%20private%20ferry%20industry%20fares%202006%20-%20Action%20for%20Public%20Transport%20-%20Allan%20Miles-webdoc.PDF|archive-date=29 August 2007|pages=2–3|language=en-AU|date=27 September 2006|url-status=dead}} Palm Beach Ferries replaced Matilda Cruises services to the wharf afterwards with their new Darling Harbour–Cape Cabarita and Bayview Park service,{{cite web|last1=Keating|first1=Michael|last2=Cox|first2=James|last3=Cifuentes|first3=Cristina|authorlink1=Michael Keating (public servant)|title=Review of Fares for Private Ferries in NSW|url=https://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/files/sharedassets/website/trimholdingbay/review_of_fares_for_private_ferries_in_nsw_from_18_december_2005_-_report_to_the_minister_for_transport_-_isbn1920987525_website_document.pdf|website=Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales (IPART)|publisher=Government of New South Wales|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105031216/https://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/files/sharedassets/website/trimholdingbay/review_of_fares_for_private_ferries_in_nsw_from_18_december_2005_-_report_to_the_minister_for_transport_-_isbn1920987525_website_document.pdf|archive-date=5 November 2017|page=1|language=en-AU|date=18 December 2005|url-status=live}} though decommissioned the service altogether a year later, after it "failed to attract sufficient patronage to be economically viable." In September 2006, after requests from the constituents of Drummoyne, and its member Angela D'Amore in State Parliament,{{cite web|title=Legislative Assembly, Wednesday 18 October 2006|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/V3ByKey/LA20061018/%24File/532la022.pdf|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418044619/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/V3ByKey/LA20061018/%24File/532la022.pdf|archive-date=18 April 2015|page=2094|language=en-AU|date=18 October 2006|url-status=live}} Sydney Ferries began servicing Bayview Park as part of its Parramatta River route, serving as a terminus on its own dedicated limited-stops and shuttle pattern on the route.{{cite web|title=Services from Circular Quay to Rydalmere / Parramatta|url=http://www.sydneyferries.info/timetables/parramatta-river/from-circular-quay.htm|website=Sydney Ferries|publisher=State Transit Authority|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829123639/http://www.sydneyferries.info/timetables/parramatta-river/from-circular-quay.htm|archive-date=29 August 2007|date=September 2006|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=Services from Rydalmere / Parramatta to Circular Quay|url=http://www.sydneyferries.info:80/timetables/parramatta-river/to-circular-quay.htm|website=Sydney Ferries|publisher=State Transit Authority|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114022452/http://www.sydneyferries.info/timetables/parramatta-river/to-circular-quay.htm|archive-date=14 November 2007|date=September 2006|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Sydney Ferries serviced the wharf for seven years.{{cite web|title=Parramatta River service – ferry timetable|url=http://www.sydneyferries.info:80/uploads/library/timetables/ParramattaSHHTT_241011_Jan12_WebFinal.pdf|website=Sydney Ferries|publisher=State Transit Authority|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131104109/http://www.sydneyferries.info/uploads/library/timetables/ParramattaSHHTT_241011_Jan12_WebFinal.pdf|archive-date=31 January 2012|date=24 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In October 2013, despite a redevelopment of the wharf enlarging the size of the pontoon to house shelter and seating, Bayview Park was decommissioned from the Sydney Ferries network, alongside Balmain West, both due to low patronage.{{cite web|last1=Saulwick|first1=Jacob|title=Ferries ahoy as minister pushes the boat out|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ferries-ahoy-as-minister-pushes-the-boat-out-20130521-2jz13.html|website=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105055208/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ferries-ahoy-as-minister-pushes-the-boat-out-20130521-2jz13.html|archive-date=5 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=22 May 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=NSW Government unveils plans for the future of Sydney ferries|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-22/nsw-government-unveils-plans-for-the-future-of-sydney-ferries/4705172|website=ABC News Australia|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105055212/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-22/nsw-government-unveils-plans-for-the-future-of-sydney-ferries/4705172|archive-date=5 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=22 May 2013|url-status=live}} In the last year of the service, Sydney Ferries saw a weekly average patronage of 28 passengers, compared to 870 weekly passengers at {{fw|Cabarita}}, the closest ferry wharf to Bayview Park.{{cite web|title=New ferry timetable – Services west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge|url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/ferry-west-d7.pdf|website=Transport for New South Wales|publisher=Government of New South Wales|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105061314/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/ferry-west-d7.pdf|archive-date=5 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=22 May 2013|url-status=live}} The wharf's closure was not without controversy, sparking a political row between the Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian and the Minister for Drummoyne John Sidoti.{{cite web|last1=Saulwick|first1=Jacob|title=Liberal MP Sidoti rocks the boat over ferry wharf closure|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/liberal-mp-sidoti-rocks-the-boat-over-ferry-wharf-closure-20130924-2ucaa.html|website=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105063400/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/liberal-mp-sidoti-rocks-the-boat-over-ferry-wharf-closure-20130924-2ucaa.html|archive-date=5 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=25 September 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Noonan|first1=Belinda|authorlink1=Belinda Noonan|title=Ferries in turbulent water|url=http://www.burwoodscene.com.au/2015/03/ferries-turbulent-water/|website=Burwood Scene|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105063344/http://www.burwoodscene.com.au/2015/03/ferries-turbulent-water/|archive-date=5 November 2017|language=en-AU|date=6 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

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Until October 2005, Matilda Cruises' Darling Harbour–Homebush Bay route featured a stop at Bayview Park, along with Cape Cabarita, Cabarita, {{fw|Meadowbank}}, and {{fw|Sydney Olympic Park}}. Services to the wharf operated during hours of peak patronage during weekdays, and limited services ran on weekends.{{cite web|title=Draft Canada Bay Local Planning Strategy 2009 – Part 4 Transport & Access|url=http://edas.canadabay.nsw.gov.au/dwroot/datawrks/stores/default/default/orig/docid/36008707/dw_get|publisher=City of Canada Bay|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105025548/http://edas.canadabay.nsw.gov.au/dwroot/datawrks/stores/default/default/orig/docid/36008707/dw_get|archive-date=5 November 2017|pages=90, 91|language=en-AU|date=12 May 2009|url-status=live}} Palm Beach Ferries' three-stop service terminated at Bayview Park, and included a stop at Cape Cabarita before terminating at Darling Harbour Pier 26. As of their September 2006 timetable, Sydney Ferries started running weekday-only services that terminated at Bayview Park and King Street Wharf 3 as part of its Parramatta River route. In the Sydney to Parramatta direction, one morning shuttle and two afternoon services intermittently stopping at Drummoyne, Huntleys Point, Chiswick and Abbotsford. In the opposite direction, two morning services, with one making additional stops at McMahons Point and Milsons Point, and two shuttle services in the afternoon were run. By Sydney Ferries' October 2011 timetable, the terminus of the service on the Sydney end was moved up to Circular Quay, and morning services in the Parramatta to Sydney direction omitted stops at McMahons Point and Milsons Point. Transit Systems operates two bus services, 466 and 502 to and from the wharf.[https://transportnsw.info/documents/timetables/74-466-Cabarita-to-Burwood-20230717.pdf Route 466 timetable] Transport for NSW[https://transportnsw.info/documents/timetables/74-502-Cabarita-Wharf-to-Drummoyne-and-City-Town-Hall-20230717.pdf Routev 502 timetable] Transport for NSW]

A proposal to return ferry services to the wharf with the cooperation of a private ferry operator, as part of the redevelopment of the corporate campus of coffee manufacturer FreshFood Services on Burwood Road, was made as part of a March 2017 submission to the Greater Sydney Commission's Central District Plan on behalf of Business management consultant Urbis.{{cite web|last1=Strudwick|first1=Peter|title=Submission to the Draft Central District Plan – 160 Burwood Road, Concord|url=https://gsc-public-1.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/submissions/URBIS(FreshFoodSydney)_Open_Submission.pdf|website=FreshFood Services Pty Ltd.|publisher=Urbis|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105064507/https://gsc-public-1.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/submissions/URBIS(FreshFoodSydney)_Open_Submission.pdf|archive-date=5 November 2017|pages=2, 4–5, 10, 13|language=en-AU|date=31 March 2017|url-status=live}} The proposal seeks to commission a service between Bayview Park and Barangaroo after the first stage of residential development on Burwood Road, with its first three years being underwritten by FreshFood Services.

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