Narraweena is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

of northern

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, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Narraweena is 18 kilometres north-east of the

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, in the

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of Northern Beaches Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region. Narraweena has two primary schools; Narraweena Public School and St John the Apostle Narraweena Catholic School.

History

Narraweena is an

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name meaning '' a quiet place in the hills''. The suburb developed after World War II, when the land was subdivided, Narraweena Post Office opening on 1 April 1953.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia Italian people from Pazzano since the 1980s have organised an annual

Santo Salvatore's fiest Festa del Santissimo Salvatore a Pazzano ( scn, label=Central-Southern Calabrian, Calabrian, Festa dô Sarvaturi; "Feast of the Holiest Saviour") is a three-day Catholic festival celebrated in Pazzano, Province of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, ...

, with a statue very similar to the original that is taken from the catholic church of Narraweena around the suburb and back.

References

Suburbs of Sydney Northern Beaches Council {{Sydney-geo-stub