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Northern Beaches
Region in New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with North Beach (disambiguation), North Shore (Sydney), or North Sydney (disambiguation).
This article is about the region of Sydney. For the local government area encompassing the region, see Northern Beaches Council.
The Northern Beaches is a region within Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the Pacific coast. This area extends south to the entrance of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), west to Middle Harbour and north to the entrance of Broken Bay. The area was formerly inhabited by the Garigal or Caregal people in a region known as Guringai country.[2]
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Population | 263,554 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Northern Beaches Council | ||||||||||||||
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The Northern Beaches district is governed on a local level by the Northern Beaches Council, which was formed in May 2016 from Warringah Council (est. 1906), Manly Council (est. 1877), and Pittwater Council (est. 1992).