Breakfast Point, New South Wales

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


caption = Breakfast Point Community Hall
lga = City of Canada Bay
postcode = 2137
est = 16 April,1993
pop = formatnum:1708
pop_footnotes= census 2006 AUS|id=SSC11139|name=Breakfast Point (State Suburb)|accessdate=|quick=on]
area = 0.6
propval = $850,000 (2007)
stategov = Drummoyne
fedgov = Lowe
near-nw = Putney
near-n = Tennyson Point
near-ne = Gladesville
near-w = Mortlake
near-e = Cabarita
near-sw = Concord
near-s = Concord
near-se = Cabarita
dist1 = 16
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Breakfast Point is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Breakfast Point is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay.

History

According to historical records, the suburb name is derived from the first contact between Europeans and the traditional owners of the land, the Wangal Clan. The encounter took place on 5th of February, 1788 during Captain John Hunter's exploration of the Parramatta River, while Hunter was having breakfast. [ 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. ] William Bradley, First Lieutenant on board HMS Sirius, recorded the following entry in the log:

"We landed to cook breakfast on the opposite shore to them (Breakfast Pt.). We made signs to them to come over and waved green boughs. Soon after which 7 of them came over in 2 canoes and landed near our boats. They left their spears in the canoes and came to us. We tied beads etc. about them and left them our fire to dress their muscles which they went about as soon as our boats put off."

Hunter, who was later to become Governor of New South Wales, is also remembered in the name of the nearby suburb of Hunters Hill. [ Cobley, John (Compiler). "Sydney Cove 1788 - in the Words of Australia's First Settlers : The True Story of a Nation's Birth". ISBN 0-207-15661-1. ]

Notable Residents

* Home and Away star Amy Mathews.

Commercial Area

Breakfast Point also has a little town centre with IGA supermarket, The Olive Kitchen restaurant, Il Punto Pizzeria, two clothing shops, a hairdressers, day spa, dentist and optometrist. Further developments are planned. These developments are located opposite the historic Palace Hotel in Tennyson Road.

Housing

Breakfast Point is the location of one of the largest urban renewal projects in Sydney on a site formerly belonging to AGL. The New South Wales State Government took control of the approval process for the development away from Canada Bay Council in August 2005, citing lengthy delays as the reason. These delays had been caused by disagreements between the local council and the developer, Rosecorp, over the provision of public transport, public access to the area and its landscaping. [ cite web | title=Local council stripped of planning controls | work=Sydney Morning Herald | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/local-council-stripped-of-planning-controls/2005/08/31/1125302634200.html | accessdate=September 23 | accessyear=2005 ] There are several streets with architecturally designed modern houses and many modern apartment blocks in the suburb, such as Hunter's Wharf on the Parramatta River.

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