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The
views
from
this
park
are
amazing.
Sit
here
and
watch
ferries
and
boats
pass
by.
Views
of
the
Opera
House,
Harbour
Bridge,
city
and
Circular
Quay.
This
park
has
some
history
too.
A
sign
at
this
location
says
this
park
is
dedicated
to
the
memory
of
British
Naval
Officer
Captain
Henry
Waterhouse
"who
made
a
significant
contribution
to
the
development
of
New
South
Wales
for
the
years
1788
to
1800."
In
1993,
the
Waterhouse
family
donated
this
land
for
public
use.
This
is
what
the
plaque
at
this
location
says:
"This
Reserve
is
to
honour
the
memory
of
Captain
Henry
Waterhouse,
Naval
Officer,
(1770-1812)
who
made
a
significant
contribution
to
the
development
of
the
colony
of
New
South
Wales
between
the
years
1788
to
1800.
As
a
midshipman,
Waterhouse
sailed
with
Captain
Arthur
Phillip
on
HMS
Sirius,
the
First
Fleet
flagship.
Following
his
arrival,
and
promotion
to
3rd
Lieutenant,
he
and
Lieutenant
William
Bradley
assisted
Captain
John
Hunter
in
completing
the
first
detailed
survey
of
Port
Jackson
and
the
adjoining
coastline
(shown
here).
He
accompanied
Governor
Phillip
on
many
excursions
and
was
a
central
figure
in
the
drama
at
Collins
Cove
(now
Manly
Cove)
where
Phillip
was
speared
by
an
Aborigine.
Waterhouse
returned
to
England
in
1791.
In
July
1794
he
was
appointed
Second
Commander
of
HMS
Reliance
on
the
recommendation
of
the
newly
appointed
governor,
Captain
Hunter.
The
following
year
Captains
Hunter
and
Waterhouse
returned
to
Port
Jackson
on
the
Reliance
with
their
friends
George
Bass
and
Matthew
Flinders.
In
1796
Waterhouse
sailed
with
others
to
the
Cape
of
Good
Hope
where
he
purchased
and
brought
back
the
first
pure
merino
sheep
to
be
imported
into
the
Colony.
These
were
subsequently
sold
to
John
and
Elizabeth
Macarthur,
Samuel
Marsden,
William
Cox
and
others.
In
1800
Waterhouse
was
recorded
by
Collins
as
being
the
first
to
sight
what
is
now
known
as
a
wedge-tailed
eagle.
He
was
granted
land
at
Liberty
Plains,
Parramatta,
purchased
The
Vineyard
from
Philip
Schaffer
in
1797,
and
acquired
two
leases
at
Port
Jackson
one
of
which
was
on
Garden
Island.
He
returned
to
England
in
1800,
on
the
journey
discovering
and
naming
one
of
the
islands
now
known
as
the
Antipodes,
and
was
afterwards
one
of
the
witnesses
at
his
sister
Elizabeth's
marriage
to
George
Bass.
Waterhouse
died
on
27th
July
1812,
unmarried
but
survived
by
a
daughter,
Maria,
born
in
1791,
whose
mother
was
Elizabeth
Barnes.
He
is
buried
at
St
John's
Westminster.
In
1993
the
Waterhouse
family
who
owned
Greencliffe
dedicated
a
port."
