Ben Buckler is an urban locality in the eastern suburbs of

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, in the state of

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North Bondi North Bondi is a coastal, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council. North Bondi is a mostly residential ar ...

in the

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. It is sometimes referred to simply as "the northern headland of Bondi Bay." Ben Buckler is the location of the heritage-listed Ben Buckler Gun Battery, which was built in 1892 and subsequently buried; it was later excavated by the NSW Water Board and then reburied. It is also the location of the heritage-listed Bondi Sewer Vent. The surfing media refer to ocean waves breaking off the adjacent coast as 'Ben Buckler' or "the Buckler". For instance: ''The ’Buckler, as its affectionately known, has a rep for being a bit of a burger, but if you paddle deep enough it tosses up a challenging drop, and roaring left wall that’s been ridden in the fifteen-foot-plus realm''https://tracksmag.com.au/hung-up-at-ben-buckler-in-a-big-sydney-swell

Etymology

The first recorded use of the name was in 1831, when a land grant to Richard Hurd at North Bondi was described as being "...to a point called Ben Buckler." Common theories about its name were set out in a research note issued by

Library: * It is named after a convict, Benjamin Buckler or Ben Buckley, who lived locally with the Aboriginal people in 1810; * A bushranger named Ben Buckley lived in a cave in the rocks at the northern end of Bondi Beach; * Obed West (1807–1891) claimed that it was a corruption of an Aboriginal word.

Gallery

File:Robert Vere Scott Ben Buckler Bondi.jpg,

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(c.1905) ''Ben Buckler, Bondi'', made using a Kodak Panoram camera, exposed to look as if taken by moonlight, but actually taken in daylight. Silver gelatin print 23.3 h x 56.9 w cm. National Gallery of Australia, Purchased 2012, NGA 2012.749 File:NORTH BONDY.jpg, Ben Buckler at night File:Golf cours overlooking bondi beach and suburb.jpg, Golf course File:Bondi,4 sydneynsw panorama.jpg, The Ben Buckler coastline File:Ben Buckler adjacent to North Bondi beach.jpg, Ben Buckler, from the south. The Bondi Sewer Vent can be seen behind the beach area.

References

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