Abbotsford is 10 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay.

He named his property after Abbotsford House in Scotland, the residence of historical novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott.

The factory was closed in 1991, after which the area was redeveloped as the medium-density Abbotsford Cove housing complex.

[6] Australian poet Henry Lawson did not die in Abbotsford house in 1922, as is sometimes claimed, but at the home of Mrs Isabella Byers at 437 Great North Road, recently demolished.

[8] Transit Systems bus route 438 operates from Abbotsford ferry wharf to Martin Place.