Alexander Berry, a successful trader and
businessman, was a name synonymous with
Sydney's development between 1820 and
1860.
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What’s In a Name
Legend has it that Berry imported a champion racehorse called the Jerry Bailey from
England and agisted it alongside the banks of the Shoalhaven River on the New South
Wales south coast.
At this location grew a village that was named in honour of the powerful thoroughbred.
Changed in modern times to Shoalhaven Heads, Jerry Bailey village was the site upon
which the vessel Jerry Bailey was built and completed by Richard Hall in 1989. Therein
lies the name.