Blackwall, New South Wales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Blackwall Central Coast, New South Wales
Rip Bridge from Blackwall Mountain
Blackwall Location in New South Wales
Population	1,941 (2021 census)
• Density	1,620/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2256
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Area	1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Location	15 km (9 mi) S of Gosford 3 km (2 mi) SSE of Woy Woy 81 km (50 mi) from Sydney
LGA(s)	Central Coast Council
Parish	Patonga
State electorate(s)	Gosford
Federal Division(s)	Robertson
Suburbs around Blackwall: Woy Woy Brisbane Water St Huberts Island Woy Woy Blackwall Daleys Point Umina Beach Ettalong Beach Booker Bay

Blackwall is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, south of Woy Woy on Brisbane Water, 81 kilometres (50 mi) north of Sydney. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.

The suburb includes a boat ramp and a bushland recreation reserve, Kitchener Reserve, offering walk trails and views from Blackwall Mountain. The section of the suburb east of Kitchener Park is locally known as Orange Grove.

Blackwall was, between 1862 and 1913, the site of the Rock Davis shipyard, and over 120 wooden-hulled vessels were built there. Among the best known were the fast Sydney Harbour ferry, Vaucluse, built in 1905, Queen Bee, a small 'sixty-miler' built in 1907, and the small twin-screw coastal steamer, Belbowrie, built in 1911. The last vessel built there was the ferry, Woollahra.

The naming of Blackwall is credited to Rock Davis, who named it after Blackwall, London, which was also a centre of shipbuilding.