WARRINGAH COUNCIL

'Warringah' is a local council area in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, Australia. The Warringah Council overlaps with a number of suburbs from the Manly Council area to the south and the Pittwater Council are to the north. It includes a number of popular beaches (which are also suburb names) for swimming and surfing such as Narrabeen, Collaroy and Dee Why.

Contents

History

Pre 1906

Warringah Shire Council

Demographics

Suburbs

Beaches

Urban places

References

External links

History

Pre 1906

There are various meanings put forward for the name Warringah, including "sign of rain", "across the waves" and "sea". It was once the home of the Guringai (or Ku-ring-gai) language group of the Garigal clan.
Warringah 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 1800's, with only small settelments 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 100 kilometres.

Warringah Shire Council

On 7 March 1906, the Warringah Shire was proclaimed by the NSW Government Gazette, along with 132 other new Shires. It ran roughly from Broken Bay in the north to Manly Lagoon to the south, and by Middle Harbour Creek and Cowan Creek in the west. It covered 264 square kilometres and had a population of around 2800, with 700 dwellings. A tramline was established through the southern half of the shire, eventually all the way up to the tramshed at Narrabeen. This and with the opening of the Spit and Roseville bridges in 1924 led to increased interest and travel to the area. Early subdivisions were usually given over for weekenders and holiday homes, and at the same time the surf clubs and rock pools on the beaches began to be developed. After World War II, urbanisation began to occur, with family homes beginning to be built in the area, espeically near the beaches. Retail, light industry and improved public amenity soon followed.^[1]
After this suburban growth, coupled with Warringah being removed from the rest of the North Shore by Middle Harbour led to demand for a railway, and the proposed Warringah Railway was part of Bradfield's original ''City and Suburban Electric Railways'' plan. With the completion of the harbour bridge in 1932 the two tracks to the right out of the four on the bridge were temporarily used for trams, later planned for conversion to this railway. However due to economic depression and the onslaught of World War II and the increasing ownership of cars it was abandoned. This railway has only recently begun to be considered again.

Demographics

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics ^[2], there:



- were 141,133 people as at 30 June 2006, the 17th largest Local Government Area in New South Wales. It was equal to 2.1% of the New South Wales population of 6,827,694


- was an increase of 1,443 people over the year to 30 June 2006, the 10th largest population growth in a Local Government Area in New South Wales. It was equal to 2.5% of the 58,753 increase in the population of New South Wales


- was, in percentage terms, an increase of 1.0% in the number of people over the year to 30 June 2006, the 46th fastest growth in population of a Local Government Area in New South Wales. In New South Wales the population grew by 0.9%


- was an increase in population over the 10 years to 30 June 2006 of 10,024 people or 7.6% (0.7% in annual average terms), the 55th highest rate of a Local Government Area in New South Wales. In New South Wales the population grew by 622,966 or 10% (1.0% in annual average terms) over the same period.

Suburbs

★ Allambie Heights ★ Beacon Hill ★ Belrose ★ Brookvale ★ Collaroy ★ Cottage Point ★ Cromer ★ Curl Curl ★ Davidson ★ Dee Why

★ Duffys Forest ★ Forestville ★ Frenchs Forest ★ Harbord ★ Ingleside ★ Killarney Heights ★ Manly Vale ★ Narrabeen ★ Narraweena ★ North Balgowlah

★ North Curl Curl ★ North Manly ★ Oxford Falls ★ Queenscliff ★ Terrey Hills

Beaches

See relevant suburb for information.

★ Collaroy Beach

★ Curl Curl Beach

★ Dee Why Beach

★ Fishermans Beach (Collaroy)

★ Freshwater Beach (Harbord}

★ Long Reef Beach (Collaroy)

★ Narrabeen Beach

★ North Curl Curl Beach

★ North Narrabeen Beach (Narrabeen)

Urban places

The Geographical Names Board of NSW has identified a number of 'urban places' within Warringah - these are placenames which are not specified by boundaries nor have the officality of suburbs, but are local names for these places.

★ Akuna Bay - area around a bay located within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.

★ Allambie - area located within Allambie Heights, on the border with North Manly

★ Bantry Bay - area around a bay located in the southern section of Forestville, the eastern section of Killarney Heights and a section of Garigal National Park

★ Bungaroo - area located near the limit of tidal influence on Middle Harbour Creek, in Davidson

★ Collaroy Beach - area overlooking Collaroy Beach, in Collaroy

★ Collaroy Plateau - area on a plateau located within Collaroy

★ Cromer Heights - high ground located in south-west of Cromer

★ Dee Why Beach - area overlooking Dee Why Beach, south of Dee Why Lagoon, in Dee Why

★ Fishermans Beach - area located between Fishermans Beach and Pittwater Road

★ Gooseberry Flat - area located north of the eastern side of the Roseville Bridge, in Forestville

★ Long Reef - headland and surrounding area located within Collaroy

★ Narrabeen Peninsula - area located on a peninsula within Narrabeen, separating Narrabeen Lagoon from the Tasman Sea

★ Peach Trees - area within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, south and east of Cowan Creek and west of Smiths Creek.

★ Sorlie - area located west of Forest Way within Frenchs Forest

★ Wheeler Heights - area within Collaroy, south of Pipeclay Point on Narrabeen Lagoon.

★ Wingala - area located on the southern slopes of Wingala Hill within North Curl Curl

References

1. Local Studies
2. Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06 (catalogue no.: 3218.0)

External links

★ Warringah Online (Council website)

★ 2001 Census Information