Pyrmont, Blackwattle Bay

Blackwattle Bay is located near ANZAC bridge and Fish Market, Sydney, Australia. Blackwattle Bay was named in 1788 by boat parties sent from Sydney Cove to gather timber for hut building. The name came from the mistaken identification of a yellow-flowered tree which grew on the slopes of the bay. The Black Wattle tree was actually the Callicoma serratifolia not an Acacia, but subsequently the Acacia genus became known as wattles.