Brokers Point or Brokers Nose or Corrimal Peak or Brokers Peak, is a
point
Point or points may refer to:
Places
* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States
* Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
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on the
Illawarra Range, in the state of
New South Wales
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Location and features
With an elevation of approximately
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
, Brokers Nose, as it is more commonly known as, is located about west of and about south-west of . At its summit there is a television transmission tower. There is a track leading to the top and both track and summit are open to the public; the summit is protected as part of the
Illawarra Escarpment State Recreation Area.
Etymology
The name is vague in its origins and there are two possible explanations for it. One tells that an early settler named Brooker was the origin, the second that poor miners would take their families up to the summit for picnics, and they were brokers (poor people).
See also
*
List of mountains in New South Wales
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List of geographical noses
Nose is used in the name of several geographical features and their associated settlements:
* Anthonys Nose (Victoria), a point or escarpment on the southern shore of Port Phillip Bay, in Victoria, Australia
*Anthony's Nose (Westchester), a peak a ...
References
Illawarra escarpment
Wollongong
Mountains of New South Wales
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