Hen and Chicken Bay

Hen and Chicken Bay, viewed from Wareemba
Aerial image of the bay, looking north

Hen and Chicken Bay is a bay on the Parramatta River, in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It lies approximately 8 kilometres due west of Sydney's central business district. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Abbotsford, Drummoyne, Wareemba, Five Dock, Canada Bay, Concord and Cabarita.

In the early days of the colony of New South Wales, it was sometimes known as Stonequarry Cove and Stone Quarry Creek. This may have been because there was once a nearby quarry in Five Dock.[1]

Much of the land around the bay is publicly accessible foreshore or parkland. The bay is a popular location for rowing regattas.

References

  1. Russell, Eric. Drummoyne: a western suburbs' history from 1794. Drummoyne, N.S.W.: Council of the Municipality of Drummoyne, Second Edition, 1982. ISBN 0-9599312-1-X.

Coordinates: 33°51′07″S 151°07′19″E / 33.852°S 151.122°E / -33.852; 151.122

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