Finger Wharf, Heritage wharf in Woolloomooloo, Australia

Finger Wharf is a 410-metre-long timber-piled wharf in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, with twin storey sheds flanking a central covered roadway. Halfway along, an open transept crosses the building. The structure has three long pitched gable roofs and walls patterned by the repetitive lines of the structural grid.

Construction took place between 1910 and 1915 under engineer Henry D. Walsh's supervision and replaced Sydney's original fish market. It became the city's wool export center and drove economic activity on the waterfront for decades.

The name recalls the finger-like jetty shape; berths were numbered 6 and 7 on the east side and 8 and 9 on the west. Shed No. 7 became a passenger terminal in 1956, the first contact point for many migrants. Actor Russell Crowe bought a penthouse here for a reported $14 million.

The site sits about 15 minutes from Sydney's business district and is easily accessible by public transport, particularly from Kings Cross station. Parking is available on-site, and the precinct has dining and retail options, though it is popular so arriving early helps avoid crowds.

The wharf's timber deck rests on turpentine piles, a hard Australian wood that let the Port of Sydney exploit the harbour's small 1.7-metre tidal range. It is the only wharf in Sydney with a central roadway carried on timber piles, and the largest all-pile finger wharf the city ever built.