Queenscliff, New South Wales

Queenscliff
Sydney, New South Wales

Manly Lagoon, dusk

Population

3,049 (2006 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

2096

Location

16 km (10 mi) north-east of Sydney CBD

Suburbs around Queenscliff:
North Manly	Freshwater
North Manly	Queenscliff	Tasman Sea
Manly	Manly

Queenscliff is a beachside suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Queenscliff is located 16 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.

History

Queenscliff was named in honour of Queen Victoria. The area was popular with holiday-makers from the early 1900s to World War I, who stayed in holiday shacks on the headland.^[2]

Queenscliff is famous amongst the Australian surf beaches for its "heavy" waves (bomboras) that break out at sea. The stories recounting how Dave Jackman dared to ride one in 1961 gave rise to big wave surfing in Australia.^[3]

Geography

Queenscliff Beach is situated at the northern end of a long stretch of beach at Manly that includes North Steyne Beach and Manly Beach.

Manly Lagoon was originally called Curl Curl Lagoon^[4] and the name Curl Curl appears to be the original Aboriginal name for the Queenscliff, Manly Vale area, Manly Creek was originally Curl Curl Creek and Queenscliff Headland was originally Curl Curl Headland.

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Queenscliff (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
↑ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 216
↑ "Episode 1". Bombora: The Story of Australian Surfing. Season 1. Episode 2. 2009-03-26.
↑ http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/IgnitionSuite/uploads/docs/Curl%20Curl%20Lagoon%20-%20early%20history.pdf Manly Council

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queenscliff.

"Gosford Lagoons & Sydney Northern Beaches" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.

Suburbs of Warringah Council, Northern Beaches, Sydney

Allambie Heights Beacon Hill Belrose Brookvale Collaroy Collaroy Plateau Cottage Point Cromer Curl Curl Davidson Dee Why Duffys Forest Forestville Frenchs Forest Freshwater Ingleside Killarney Heights Manly Vale Narrabeen Narraweena North Balgowlah North Curl Curl North Manly Oxford Falls Queenscliff Terrey Hills Wheeler Heights

List of Sydney suburbs

Coordinates: 33°46′57″S 151°17′05″E / 33.78250°S 151.28472°E / -33.78250; 151.28472

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