Rozelle Bay
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Blackwattle Bay
Blackwattle Bay is a bay located to the south east of Glebe Island and east of Rozelle Bay on Sydney Harbour. The bay was named in 1788 after the Black Wattle tree found at the bay, which was used for housing construction....
, on Sydney Harbour. The bay was originally known as Rozella Bay either after the Rosella bird
Rosella
A rosella is one of five to eight species of colorful Australian parrots in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed", reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad-tailed parrot tribe...
or the Rosella plant
Roselle (plant)
The roselle is a species of Hibiscus native to the Old World tropics, used for the production of bast fibre and as an infusion. It is an annual or perennial herb or woody-based subshrub, growing to tall...
, however it is not known how it became Rozelle Bay. A stop on the Metro Light Rail is named after the bay.