17. Gladesville Wharf

A dirt trail leading toward the water, a large boat sits docked.

Year

1859

About Gladesville Wharf

The Glades Ville Estate developer, William Billyard, saw the need to connect his properties with river transport and he constructed a wharf at the end of his main road in 1859. At first it may have been a private facility ‘reserved for the use of the public upon the property’, but it functioned as a public wharf within a few years.

In the later 19th and early 20th centuries, the wharf would have been a good place from which to view the very popular professional sculling races along the river that ran just over 5km from the Meadowbank Railway Bridge to a finishing line at Searle’s monument on Three Brothers Rocks at Henley. The original timber structure where ferries berthed has been demolished.

Location

At the end of Wharf Road, Gladesville 2111  View Map

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