Quiet little point, probably more interesting for the houses around than the view from. It is distinguished by being on The Point Road.
Named after Samuel Onions, a land grantee and ironmonger. The suburb of Woolwich was originally called ‘Onion Point’ (1835). Here’s Mr Onions in a case of wilful and corrupt perjury – maybe why he got relegated to the tip. Before that, the place is ‘Mookaboola’ or ‘Moocooboola’ – meeting of waters (Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers).
The sea scouts boat shed in Onions Point Reserve is about as close as you can get to the actual point as there are a couple of grand houses on the point itself.
Dell Bond
Aug 11, 05:01 PM #
George Colebrook, son of Thomas Colebrook, convict on second fleet, ‘Scarborough’ lived at Onions Point from 1851- 1856. Thanks for the information,had no idea where Onions Point was located. I wonder what it was like then. Dell