Kissing Point is a point on the Parramatta River about 2 km south of Ryde,[1] located in the suburb of Putney. Historically, the name referred to a much wider area than the current-day point; and perhaps originally to the point near Ryde Bridge where Settlers Park is now located, and where a 1948 brass plaque by the Council states.[2]
^"His is the site of the first settlement on 10 January 1792 - by - William Careless and James Weavers in the locality set up by Governor Phillip as farms of the eastern boundary (later called kissing point)"