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Rose Bay was named after George Rose who was joint Secretary to the British Treasury with Thomas Steele, after whom Steel(e) Point at Nielsen Park was named. The name Rose Bay was used as early as 1778 by Captain John Hunter.
When the first Qantas flying boat took off in 1938 from Sydney’s Rose Bay bound for England, there were no terminal buildings, jetties or even gangplanks. A small ferry took passengers out to the mooring. Indeed the trip was treated as a sea voyage, and fishing line was provided for use on any of the thirty stops along the way.
When the first Qantas flying boat took off in 1938 from Sydney’s Rose Bay bound for England, there were no terminal buildings, jetties or even gangplanks. A small ferry took passengers out to the mooring. Indeed the trip was treated as a sea voyage, and fishing line was provided for use on any of the thirty stops along the way.
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GEORGE ROBERTS, QANTAS ENGINEER 1936-1970: On 5 July 1938, the first flying boat took off from Rose Bay to fly through to Southampton.
The reason for Rose Bay being chosen was...is the fact that it was, firstly, a very large bay and largely still water. Initially, we had no shipway, no hangar, so it made it quite difficult to operate under those conditions. Working over the water like that, very often, the tool would fall from your fingers and once it went down to the bottom that was the end of it. So we drilled holes in our spanners and screwdrivers and things like that. We attached a cord to them, but many, many were lost overboard.
The reason for Rose Bay being chosen was...is the fact that it was, firstly, a very large bay and largely still water. Initially, we had no shipway, no hangar, so it made it quite difficult to operate under those conditions. Working over the water like that, very often, the tool would fall from your fingers and once it went down to the bottom that was the end of it. So we drilled holes in our spanners and screwdrivers and things like that. We attached a cord to them, but many, many were lost overboard.
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Bondi Beach; Balmoral; Coogee; Double Bay; Cronulla; Darling Point
La Perouse; Maroubra; Potts Point & Elizabeth Bay; Rose Bay;
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Clifton Gardens; Lavender Bay and Berry's Bay; Manly; Mosman; Neutral Bay
Bondi Beach; Balmoral; Coogee; Double Bay; Cronulla; Darling Point
La Perouse; Maroubra; Potts Point & Elizabeth Bay; Rose Bay;
Rushcutters Bay; Tamarama; Vaucluse; Watsons Bay
Wooloomooloo
More beaches :- North
Clifton Gardens; Lavender Bay and Berry's Bay; Manly; Mosman; Neutral Bay