William Blue was an Australian convict who, after completing his sentence, became a boatman providing one of the first services to take people across Sydney Harbour. He was also made a water bailiff and watched boat traffic on Port Jackson from a special tower.
1834 portrait of William Blue, by J. B. East
Plaque for Billy Blue and family, St Thomas Rest Park, Crows Nest, Sydney
North Sydney, New South Wales
North Sydney is a suburb and major commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located three kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.
North Sydney skyline at dusk
Aerial view of North Sydney during construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Woodstock (1870), one of the last 19th century homes on the Pacific Highway, was the home of John Brown, an early settler in the area
HSBC Building (built in 1931 as a Bank of New South Wales Branch)