Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales

Wisemans Ferry
New South Wales

The ferry over the Hawkesbury River

Wisemans Ferry

Coordinates

33°22′55″S 150°59′06″E / 33.38194°S 150.98500°ECoordinates: 33°22′55″S 150°59′06″E / 33.38194°S 150.98500°E

Established

1827

Postcode(s)

2775

Location

75 km (47 mi) NW of Sydney
44 km (27 mi) NNE of Windsor

Cornelia, Frederick

Berowra, Macquarie, Robertson

Localities around Wisemans Ferry:
Colo Heights	Lower Macdonald	Lower Macdonald
Webbs Creek	Wisemans Ferry	Gunderman
Leets Vale	Maroota	Laughtondale

Wisemans Ferry is a town north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wisemans Ferry is located 75 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of Hornsby Shire, The Hills Shire, City of Hawkesbury and Central Coast Council. The town is a tourist spot with picnic and barbecue facilities. As well as a rich convict and colonial heritage in the area, the Dharug National Park and Yengo National Park are close by.

History

The town was originally called Lower Portland Headland, but the name was eventually changed to Wisemans Ferry, named after Solomon Wiseman, a former convict (1778–1838), who received a land grant in the area from Governor Macquarie in 1817.^[1] Wiseman established a ferry service on the Hawkesbury River in 1827 for the transport of produce and provisions to the convicts building the Great North Road and was known to many as King of the Hawkesbury.^[2]

Wisemans Ferry Post Office opened on 1 January 1857.^[3]

There is information on the early history of Wisemans Ferry in Ball, John and Pam, 'Early Wisemans Ferry: George Mollison, Solomon Wiseman, Bushrangers and Land Title Confusion', Oughtershaw Press, Riverview, 2014 - ISBN 978 0 9593420 9 3.

Schools

Wisemans Ferry Public School was established in 1867.

Transport

Today, two ferry services cross the Hawkesbury River from the town of Wisemans Ferry. The eponymous Wisemans Ferry crosses the river to a point down-stream of its confluence with the Macdonald River, connecting with the old Great North Road. Webbs Creek Ferry crosses to a point upstream of the confluence, connecting with the St Albans Road that follows the west bank of the Macdonald River.^[4]

References

↑ "Wisemans Ferry". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
↑ Reed, A.W. (1969) Place-Names of New South Wales: Their Origins and Meanings, p. 151. Sydney: A.H & A.W. Reed
↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
↑ "Vehicle ferries". New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Wisemans Ferry.

Joan Rowland (2008). "Wisemans Ferry". Dictionary of Sydney.
Great North Road - Convict Trail
Wisemans Ferry bus timetable

Hawkesbury River region, New South Wales, Australia
Islands	Dangar Lion Long Milson Peat Spectacle
National parks and nature reserves	Bouddi Brisbane Water Cattai Dharug Ku-ring-gai Chase Marramarra Muogamarra Popran
European explorers of the region	Arthur Phillip Watkin Tench
Bridges and ferries	Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge Mooney Mooney Bridge Peats Ferry Bridge Windsor Bridge Berowra Waters Hawkesbury River Ferries Lower Portland Sackville Webbs Creek Wisemans
Adjoining rivers, bays, reservoirs, and creeks	Colo Grose Macdonald Nepean Warragamba Wolgan Wollangambe Brisbane Water Broken Bay Pittwater Mangrove Creek Dam Warragamba Dam Badgerys Bells Berowra Blaxland Breakfast Coal and Candle Cowan Eastern Mangrove Mooney Mooney Reedy Ropes South Webbs Wollemi
Local government areas	Central Coast Hawkesbury Hornsby Penrith Northern Beaches The Hills
Major attractions	Hawkesbury Canoe Classic RAAF Base Richmond
Category Commons

Suburbs within Hornsby Shire, North Shore, Northern Suburbs, Hills District, Sydney

List of Sydney suburbs

Suburbs and localities within the City of Hawkesbury, Sydney

List of Sydney suburbs

Suburbs of the City of Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Avoca Beach Bar Point Bensville Blackwall Booker Bay Bouddi Box Head Calga Central Mangrove Cheero Point Cogra Bay Copacabana Daleys Point Davistown East Gosford Empire Bay Erina Erina Heights Ettalong Beach Forresters Beach Glenworth Valley Gosford Green Point Greengrove Gunderman Hardys Bay Holgate Horsfield Bay Kariong Killcare Killcare Heights Kincumber Kincumber South Koolewong Kulnura Lisarow Little Wobby Lower Mangrove MacMasters Beach Mangrove Creek Mangrove Mountain Marlow Matcham Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney Creek Mount Elliot Mount White Narara Niagara Park North Avoca North Gosford Patonga Pearl Beach Peats Ridge Phegans Bay Picketts Valley Point Clare Point Frederick Pretty Beach St Huberts Island Saratoga Somersby Spencer Springfield Tascott Terrigal Umina Beach Upper Mangrove Wagstaffe Wamberal Wendoree Park West Gosford Wisemans Ferry Wondabyne Woy Woy Woy Woy Bay Wyoming Yattalunga
Rivers and other waterways	Brisbane Water Erina Creek Ettalong Creek Forresters Creek Kincumber Creek Mangrove Creek Mooney Mooney Creek Mullet Creek Terrigal Lagoon Wamberal Lagoon Woy Woy Creek
National parks	Bouddi Brisbane Water Dharug
Other places and points of interest	Central Coast Stadium Central Coast Highway Erina Fair Sydney–Newcastle Freeway Watagan Mountains
List of Central Coast, New South Wales suburbs

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