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Brokers Point or Brokers Nose or Corrimal Peak or Brokers Peak, is a point on the Illawarra Range, in the state of
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, Australia.


Location and features

With an elevation of approximately above sea level, 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 *
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 {{NSW-geo-stub