Cockatoo Island / Wareamah Concept Vision, Sydney Masterplan, NSW Landscape Design, Australian Images
Cockatoo Island / Wareamah Concept Vision in Woolwich, NSW
25 May 2022
Design: Breathe Architecture
Location: Woolwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Renders: Mark Gerada
Cockatoo Island / Wareamah Concept Vision, NSW
The Cockatoo Island / Wareamah Concept Vision was developed in 2021 for the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust [SHFT], to outline a new future for its ongoing restoration and regeneration. The vast nature of the island and the many precincts means that it is likely to be delivered in several stages over the coming decade. It is a complex place with many supporters and stakeholders which has a special place in the minds of many in Sydney and around Australia.
The island is the largest in Sydney Harbour, and has a long and multilayered history as a convict prison, a school, a naval ship building yard and now as a major public gathering place. Cockatoo Island / Wareamah is the geographic pivot point in Greater Sydney. At the heart of Sydney Harbour, linking Sydney?s ?global city? to the dynamic growth of Parramatta and beyond to Western Sydney.

The Trust has moved over recent years to rectify the missing narrative of the First Nations connection to the island. These changes respond to these changes in approach and in the telling of the stories of the place. Cockatoo Island / Wareamah remains a place of significance to First Nations Peoples from Sydney and ot...