Cremorne Point

Cremorne Point was named after the Cremorne Gardens in London, a popular pleasure ground in England, which derives from Gaelic words meaning 'boundary' and 'chieftain'. Robertsons Point was named after James Robertson who was granted 35 hectares there in 1820. He was the father of Premier Sir John Robertson. ==History==

Wooloorigang / Cremorne Point and Mosman Bay were both once Cammeraygal territory named Wul-warra-Jeung before European settlement in Sydney Cove to their south. Aborigines called the waters east of the point Goram-Bullagong. In early European settlement after 1788, it became known as Careening Point and Mosman Cove became known as Hungry Bay. Careening Point commemorates HMS Sirius, a ship from the First Fleet of 1788, which was refurbished, pushed upstream in Mosman Bay. Nineteenth century In January 1822 Scot James Robertson, a watch maker, arrived on the Providence with wife and six children to become Supervisor of Governor Brisbane's astronomical instruments and clocks at his observatory in the Parramatta Domain. Brisbane was named "founder" of Australian science by Sir William Herschel, himself a noted astronomer and botanist who spent some time in South Africa. Robertson was granted a large amount of land on the Upper Hunter River and later in 1823 a further of Cremorne headland, where he built a Georgian house with fine cedar joinery. In its grounds were some fine pear trees. One of his sons became Sir John Robertson, NSW's fifth Premier – and premier five times. The Rev. W. B. Clarke identified a coal seam running under much of Sydney and proposed it be mined. An experimental copper smelting industry was established in the mid-1840s on the eastern shore but was not successful and was removed by 1849. The Edwardian style wharf building burnt down in 1975. The pontoon partially sunk in storms on 9 June 2007 and was operational again on 15 September 2007.{{cite web|title=Cremorne Point Wharf reopens Saturday 15 September 2007 The foreshore path from Neutral Bay to Cremorne Point wharf dates to 1830 when the reserve was retained by the Crown. Cremorne Point Reserve is the most substantial example in North Sydney of imposition of the (Harbour Foreshore) Reservation, applied from 1828. ==Demographics==

According to the , there were 2,270 residents in Cremorne Point. • 61.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 8.1%. 83.1% of people spoke only English at home. • The residents were somewhat older than the norm for Australia; their median age was 47 years, compared to the national median of 38 years. Children aged under 15 years made up 12.6% of the population (national average is 18.2%) and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.0% of the population (national average is 17.3%). • The median household weekly income in Cremorne Point was $2,951, a little less than double the national median of $1,746. • The great majority (79.9%) of the occupied private dwellings in Cremorne Point were flats, units or apartments. This is significantly higher than the national average of 14.2% for these dwelling types. • The most common responses for religion were No Religion 45.3%, Catholic 20.3% and Anglican 16.5%. ==Transport==

Cremorne Point has two ferry wharves, both of which are part of the Mosman Bay route. Cremorne Point ferry wharf is located on the peninsula's south-west, and Old Cremorne wharf is located in Mosman Bay on the east of the point. Keolis Northern Beaches bus route 225 connects Cremorne and Neutral Bay wharves running via Neutral Bay Junction runs along Milson Road, the main artery of Cremorne Point. At the 2016 Census, 33.8% of employed people travelled to work on public transport and 46.2% by car (either as driver or as passenger). ==Activities==

The Sydney Amateur Sailing Club is located on the eastern side of the Point. == References ==