Carrington

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CARRINGTONalso known asOnebygamba, Chapmans
Island and Bullock Island1800 - 1900
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Carrington - The Early Days

• Carrington was originally known by the aboriginal
  name Onebygamba meaning large mound.
• The earliest European visitors to the Hunter
  river described the area as a mud flat mostly dry
  at low tide.
• In 1804 the area was identified for reclamation.
  The island by this time was known as Chapman's
  Island.
• A branch of the river named Throsby creek
  separated the mud flats from the main land to the
  west now known as Wickham.

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• The creek was named after surgeon Charles Throsby
  who was the 3rd commandant of the Newcastle penal
  settlement between 1805 and 1809.
• By the 1850s rock ballast was dumped from sailing
  ships and built up the eastern side of the island
  forming an embankment or dyke. Ships could load
  or unload cargo here.
• By 1865 the island was know known as Bullock
  Island.
• In 1887 Bullock Island became a municipality
  named after Lord Carrington who was governor of
  NSW from 1885 to 1890.

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The Dyke end as it is now known which was built
up during the 1850s was now a series of wharves
and fitted with cranes which were powered by a
hydraulic power station built in 1877, which
still stands today.Carrington Hydraulic Power
station built in 1877
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The long wharves became Newcastle's exporting
wharves for coal and freight. Sail and steam
ships came from many parts of the world.
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The first council meeting was held on Carrington
on the 1st June 1888. The population according to
the 1891 census was 450 residents but by 1900 had
reached 2200!Carrington Council Chambers built
in 1888
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Coal Loading at the Dyke 1897
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By Lewis Stewart 3H

• Of Carrington it can truly be said in its
  construction, material from all parts of the
  world have found a resting place
• The Federal Directory of Newcastle and District
  for 1901