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Cronulla
Cronulla is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Boasting numerous surf beaches and swimming spots, the suburb attracts both tourists and Greater Sydney residents. Cronulla is 26 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Cronulla is on a peninsula framed by Botany Bay to the north, Bate Bay to the east, Port Hacking to the south, and Gunnamatta Bay to the west. The neighbouring suburb of Woolooware lies to the west of Cronulla, and Burraneer lies to the southwest. The Kurnell peninsula, the site of the first landfall on the eastern coastline made by Captain James Cook in 1770, is reached by driving northeast out of Cronulla on Captain Cook Drive. History Cronulla is derived from the Aboriginal word , meaning "place of the small pink seashell" in the dialect of the area's Indigenous inhabitants, the Gweagal, who were a clan of the Tharawal (or Dharawal) tribe. They inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cronulla Sand Dunes, Kurnell Peninsula
The Cronulla sand dunes, also known officially as the Cronulla Sand Dune and Wanda Beach Coastal Landscape, are an open space, heritage-listed nature conservation, and visitor attraction located south of Sydney on the Kurnell Peninsula at Lindum Road, Kurnell, New South Wales. Formerly, it was a site for sand mining, film making, and had use as pastoral property. It is also known as part of Kurnell Peninsula Headland and Cronulla Sand Hill. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 26 September 2003. History The sand dune system which is also referred to as the Kurnell sand dune is estimated to be about 15,000 years old. It was formed when the sea reached its present level and began to stabilise, between 9000 and 6000 BCE. The Georges and Cooks rivers flowed to the south-east beneath the present sand dune system near Wanda and joined the ocean at Bate Bay. This resulted in the isolation of Kurnell which was an island from the mainland. The rivers ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutherland Shire
Sutherland Shire is a local government area (LGA) in the southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland Shire is located approximately south-southwest of the Sydney CBD, and comprises an area of . As at the 2021 census, Sutherland Shire has an estimated population of 230,211. The area is colloquially known as "The Shire", and has featured in several reality television series. Geographically, it is the area directly to the south of Botany Bay and the Georges River. Sutherland Shire is south-southwest of the Sydney city centre, and is bordered by Bayside Council, City of Canterbury-Bankstown, City of Wollongong, and the Georges River Council local government areas. The administrative centre of Sutherland Shire is located in the suburb of Sutherland, with the council chambers located on Eton Street. As of 10 October 2024, the mayor of the Sutherland Shire is Cr. Jack Boyd, a Labor Party member. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolooware, New South Wales
Woolooware is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woolooware is located south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. It shares the 2230 postcode with Cronulla. Woolooware stretches from Woolooware Bay in the north on the Georges River estuary to Burraneer Bay and Gunnamatta Bay in the south on the Hacking River and Port Hacking estuary. It borders the suburbs of Cronulla, Caringbah, Burraneer and Kurnell. History Woolooware is derived from the Aboriginal word , meaning muddy track. It echoes the area's natural low lying mud flats, salt marsh and once dominant tea tree and black wattle scrub. It was originally a thickly forested area with tea tree, black wattle scrub and mangrove swamps around Woolooware Bay, and was originally owned by the Dharawal and Tharawal peoples. Those were later reclaimed to create parks and playing fields including Endeavour Field, Woolooware Golf Course and Cronulla Golf Course. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burraneer, New South Wales
Burraneer is a bayside suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Burraneer is 26 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Burraneer sits on the peninsula of Burraneer Point, on the north shore of the Port Hacking estuary. Burraneer Bay forms the western border and Gunnamatta Bay the eastern border. Woolooware, New South Wales, Woolooware is the only adjacent suburb. Cronulla, New South Wales, Cronulla is located across Gunnamatta Bay. The suburbs of Dolans Bay, New South Wales, Dolans Bay, Port Hacking, New South Wales, Port Hacking and Caringbah South, New South Wales, Caringbah South are located across Burraneer Bay. The villages of Maianbar, New South Wales, Maianbar and Bundeena, New South Wales, Bundeena are located on the opposite bank of Port Hacking. Burraneer is a mostly residential suburb comprising predominantly large family homes with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
