Walsh Island was a small island at the junction of the north and south arms of the Hunter River of New South Wales, Australia. The island was manmade as part of a land reclamation project in the late 1800s.[1] The land was unused, until 1912 when it was announced as a site for a new Government Dockyard.[2] The Walsh Island Dockyard was a major employer for Newcastle throughout the 1920s.[3] The island was reclaimed by dredging and is now the eastern end of Kooragang Island.[4] The end of Kooragang Island, Walsh Point, is the only part left.