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The Northern Beaches is a region within
Northern Sydney Northern Sydney is a large metropolitan area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the north shore of Sydney Harbour and Parramatta River. The region embraces suburbs in Sydney’s north-east, north and inner north west. Northern Sydney is ...
, in the state of
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, Australia, near the
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coast. This area extends south to the entrance of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), west to Middle Harbour and north to the entrance of Broken Bay. The area was formerly inhabited by the Garigal or Caregal people in a region known as Guringai country. The Northern Beaches district is governed on a local level by the Northern Beaches Council, which was formed in May 2016 from Warringah Council (est. 1906),
Manly Council Manly Council was a local government area on the northern beaches region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, first incorporated in 1877. On 12 May 2016, the Minister for Local Government announced that Manly Council would be subsumed into the ...
(est. 1877), and Pittwater Council (est. 1992).


History


Early history

The traditional Aboriginal inhabitants of the land now known as the Northern Beaches were the Garigal people of the Eora nation. Within a few years of European settlement, the Garigal had mostly disappeared from this area mainly due to an outbreak of smallpox in 1789. Much evidence of their habitation remains especially their rock etchings in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park which borders northern beaches's north-western side. The northern beaches region was explored early on in the settlement of Sydney, only a few weeks after the arrival of the First Fleet. However, it remained a rural area for most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, with only small settlements in the valleys between headlands. While it was geographically close to the city centre, to reach the area over land from Sydney via Mona Vale Road was a trip of more than . Since those days, urban growth proceeded slowly until the 1960s when development accelerated because of improved roads and a general increase in living standards in the regions. In 1906, the Warringah Shire council was formed the NSW Government Gazette, along with 132 other new Shires within New South Wales. It ran roughly from Broken Bay in the north to Manly Lagoon to the south, and by
Middle Harbour Creek Middle Harbour Creek, a tributary of Middle Harbour, is a youthful tide-dominated, drowned-valley estuary northwest of Sydney Harbour, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ecology Formed by the confluence of Bare Creek and Frenchs Creek, no ...
and Cowan Creek in the west. Pittwater was incorporated as the "A Riding" of Warringah Shire, however for many years there existed a sentiment held by some in A Riding, the northern Riding and the largest in Warringah, taking up more than 40% of Warringah's land area, that they were being increasingly ignored and subject to what they considered inappropriate development and policies for their area. This culminated in 1991 when a non-compulsory postal poll of the residents of A Riding was taken over the question of a possible secession. This resulted in a 73.5% vote in favour of secession, however only 48.18% of residents took part in this vote. This vote was, however, 600 short of the total majority required. Over time, the Northern Beaches was often divided by the "Lower Northern Beaches", referring to the southern end of the region, and the "Upper Northern Beaches", referring to the northern end of the region ( North Narrabeen to Palm Beach). In 2016, the Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016 insisted that the Northern Beaches region councils of Manly, Warringah and Pittwater become the Northern Beaches Council. This was effective from 12 May 2016. Today, the Northern Beaches is very well part of the Sydney metropolis, however maintains an isolated environment from the other regions of Sydney including the neighbouring North Shore region. The " Forest District" became an unofficial district within the Northern Beaches region to describe the suburbs between Ingleside and the Upper North Shore.


Suburbs and localities

;Suburbs The suburbs of the Northern Beaches district are: ;Localities The localities of the Northern Beaches district are: *
Bantry Bay Bantry Bay ( ga, Cuan Baoi / Inbhear na mBárc / Bádh Bheanntraighe) is a bay located in County Cork, Ireland. The bay runs approximately from northeast to southwest into the Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 3-to-4 km (1.8-to-2.5 mil ...
* Careel Bay


Schools

The following primary, high and K-12 schools are located on the Northern Beaches: Primary *AGBU Alexander Primary School *Allambie Heights Public School *Avalon Public School *Balgowlah North Public School *Balgowlah Heights Public School *Beacon Hill Public School *Belrose Public School *Bilgola Plateau Public School *Collaroy Plateau Public School *
Cromer Public School Cromer is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cromer is 20 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council and is part of the North ...
*Curl Curl North Public School *Dee Why Public School *Elanora Heights Public School *Farmhouse Montessori Primary School *Forestville Montessori School *Forestville Public School * Frenchs Forest Public School *Harbord Public School * John Colet School * Kamaroi Rudolf Steiner School *Kambora Public School *Killarney Heights Public School *Kinma School *Manly Village Public School *Manly Vale Public School *Manly West Public School *Maria Regina Catholic Primary School * Mimosa Public School *Mona Vale Public School *Narrabeen Lakes Public School *Narrabeen North Public School *Narraweena Public School *Newport Public School *Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School *Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School *Seaforth Public School *St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School *St John's Catholic Primary School *St John The Baptist Catholic Primary School *St Joseph's Catholic Primary School *St Kevin's Catholic Primary School *St Kieran's Catholic Primary School * St Luke's Grammar School (Bayview Campus) *St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School *St Rose Catholic Primary School *Terrey Hills Public School * Wakehurst Public School *Wheeler Heights Public School *Yanginanook School High * Barrenjoey High School *
Balgowlah Boys High School The Balgowlah Boys Campus of Northern Beaches Secondary College is a government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school for boys only, located in Balgowlah, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
*
Cromer High School Cromer Academy (formerly Cromer High School, Sports College, Cromer Institute of Science) is a 11- 16 secondary school with Academy (English school), academy status in Cromer, Norfolk. It is part of the Inspiration Trust federation. Description ...
* Davidson High School * Forest High School *
Freshwater Senior Campus The Freshwater Senior Campus (known locally as ''Freshie'') of Northern Beaches Secondary College is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive senior secondary day school, located in Curl Curl, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Syd ...
* Killarney Heights High School *
Mackellar Girls Campus The Mackellar Girls Campus of Northern Beaches Secondary College is a government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school for girls only, located in Manly Vale, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ...
* Manly Selective Campus * Mater Maria Catholic College *
Narrabeen Sports High School }, which translated as "Strive to the end". The Girls' High School motto was the la, Facta non verba, translated as "Deeds not words". There was a fire in the girls' assembly hall in the early 1970s as well as fires in the boys' school. Followin ...
* Pittwater High School * Stella Maris College * St Augustine's College (Years 5-12) * St Paul's Catholic College K-12 * Covenant Christian School *Fisher Road School * Galstaun College * Northern Beaches Christian School *
Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls Grammar School (OFG) is an independent Christian co-educational primary and secondary school, located in Oxford Falls on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school is set on of landscaped grounds and ...
* The Pittwater House Schools * St Luke's Grammar School (Dee Why Campus) International Schools * German International School Sydney *
Sydney Japanese International School The Sydney Japanese International School (abbreviated as SJIS, ja, シドニー日本人学校, Shidonī Nihonjin Gakkō), formerly known in English as the Sydney Japanese School, is an independent co-educational Nihonjin gakkō (Japanese inte ...
Closed schools * Beacon Hill High School * Forestville Montessori High School * Oxford Falls Public School


Transport

Public transport in the Northern Beaches is primarily provided by buses. Major bus interchanges are at Pittwater Road at Brookvale, Dee Why, Mona Vale and Manly Wharf. Buses connect to Chatswood and North Sydney stations on the North Shore line, served by
Sydney Trains Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers over of track and 170 ...
North Shore & Western and Northern services, as well as stations in the CBD. B-Line buses travel from Mona Vale to Wynyard, stopping at Warriewood, Narrabeen, Collaroy, Dee Why, Brookvale, Manly Vale,
Spit Junction Spit Junction is an urban locality in the suburb of Mosman in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Spit Junction is in the local government area of the Municipality of Mosman and is part of the Lower North Shore. History E. and W. E. Br ...
and Neutral Bay.
Manly ferry services Manly ferry services (numbered F1) operate on Sydney Harbour connecting the Sydney suburb of Manly with Circular Quay in the CBD a journey of seven nautical miles. History In 1853, Henry Gilbert Smith chartered the wooden paddle wheeler ...
operated by Sydney Ferries run from Manly to
Circular Quay Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping port, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Syd ...
. The privately-operated Manly Fast Ferry also runs to Circular Quay. Palm Beach Water Airport is located in Palm Beach.


Sports

Notable sports teams include the
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
(rugby league), North Harbour Rays, Manly RUFC, Warringah Rugby Club (rugby union), Manly Warringah District Cricket Club (cricket) and Manly United FC (soccer). The Sea Eagles play in the
National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
, and play their home games at
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval (also known by the commercial sponsorship name 4 Pines Park) is a sporting ground located within Brookvale Park at Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia. The ground is owned by Northern Beaches Council and is primarily used by th ...
.


See also

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Manly Beach Manly Beach is a beach situated among the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia, in Manly, New South Wales. From north to south, the three main sections are Queenscliff, North Steyne, and South Steyne. Etymology The beach was named by Capt. A ...
*
Curl Curl Beach Curl Curl is a suburb of northern Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia, north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. It is part of the Northern Beaches regio ...
* Barrenjoey * Palm Beach * McKay Reserve


References


External links


Manly – Local Directory
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