Bayview, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Bayview
city = Sydney
state = NSW


caption = Bayview at Dusk
lga = Pittwater
postcode = 2104
est =
pop =
area =
stategov = Pittwater
fedgov = Mackellar
near-nw = Church Point
near-n = Scotland Island
near-ne = Clareville
near-w = "Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park"
near-e = Newport
near-sw = Ingleside
near-s = Mona Vale
near-se = Mona Vale
dist1 = 31
dir1 = north
location1= Sydney CBD

Bayview is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bayview is located 31 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.

History

Bayview takes its name from a description of its location, providing a ‘’view’’ across ‘’Pittwater’’. Governor Arthur Phillip took a short journey of exploration from Manly to this area in March 1788 and named it Pitt Water after William Pitt, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time. Captain John Hunter prepared a map showing the bays and inlets in 1792.

One of the first settlers was Peter Patullo, who built a house in 1821 on the current site of the Bayview Golf Links.

References

*"The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

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