Clareville is a
suburb
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in northern
Sydney
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, in the state of
New South Wales, Australia. Clareville is 36 kilometres north-east of the
Sydney central business district
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, in the
local government area
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of
Northern Beaches Council. Clareville is part of the
Northern Beaches region.
Clareville is bordered by
Avalon Beach,
Bilgola Plateau
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The suburb is mainly residential, with two small rows of shops, a small park and a primary school located on the top of the plateau. Bilgola Beach on the eastern ...
and
Newport
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Ireland
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. Clareville Beach and
Taylors Point are localities within the suburb.
Clareville
In the 1830s, two large land grants were made to a Catholic priest, Father
John Joseph Therry (1790–1864), who had arrived in Sydney in May 1820. The grant included what is now known as Clareville. It is thought that the suburb has historically been accessed by the water. In the early 1920s, the area was subdivided and
Sydney residents purchased holiday homes. In the 1950s, with the increase in motor car use, the area became a residential zone.
Clareville History, Pittwater Council Website
/ref> Houses in the area are now expensive, with many having water frontages and views.
Heritage listings
Clareville has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* 62 Chisholm Road: Hy Brasil
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Demographics
According to the 2016 census
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...
of Population, there were 742 people in Clareville. 73.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 10.7%, New Zealand 1.8%, United States of America 1.6%, South Africa 1.4% and Sweden 1.1%. 89.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.5%, French 1.3%, Danish 0.9%, Turkish 0.9% and Arabic 0.8%. The most common responses for religion in Clareville were No Religion, so described 40.7%, Anglican 22.0%, Catholic 19.5%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Not stated 4.6%.[
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Residents
* Norah Telford Burnard
Norah Telford Burnard (14 July 1902–27 February 1979) was a New Zealand school dental supervisor and journal editor. She was born in Clareville, Wairarapa, New Zealand
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(1902-1979), school dental supervisor and journal editor
* Bob Norton OBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1922–1992), a former president of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons lived in Clareville.[Who's Who in Australia (Herald and Weekly Times Melb, 1988) pp 681: Norton, Robert York (1922 – )]
* Morris West (1916–1999), author.
References
External links
Pittwater Council
Father John Joseph Therry
Suburbs of Sydney
Northern Beaches Council
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