Clareville, New South Wales
| Clareville Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
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 Clareville Beach | |||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2107 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 36 km (22 mi) north-east of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Pittwater Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Pittwater | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Mackellar | ||||||||||||
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Clareville is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Clareville is 36 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council. Clareville is part of the Northern Beaches region.[1]
Clareville is bordered by Avalon Beach, Bilgola Plateau and Newport. Clareville Beach and Taylors Point are localities within the suburb.
History
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.[2] 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.[3] Houses in the area are now expensive, with many having water frontages and views.
Residents
- Bob Norton OBE (1922–1992), a former president of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons lived in Clareville.[4]
References
- ↑ Gregory's Sydney Street Directory (2002), Maps 139,169
- ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ↑ Clareville History, Pittwater Council Website
- ↑ Who's Who in Australia (Herald and Weekly Times Melb, 1988) pp 681: Norton, Robert York (1922 – )
External links
Coordinates: 33°38′04″S 151°18′57″E / 33.6344°S 151.3159°E
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