Brokers Point or Brokers Nose or Corrimal Peak or Brokers Peak, is a
point on the
Illawarra Range, in the state of
New South Wales
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Australia
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Location and features
With an elevation of approximately
above sea level
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, 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
The Illawarra escarpment, or officially the Illawarra Range, is the fold-created cliffs and plateau-eroded outcrop mountain range west of the Illawarra coastal plain south of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The range enclose ...
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
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List of geographical noses
References
Illawarra escarpment
Wollongong
Mountains of New South Wales
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