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In 1861, the property was sold to Thomas Holt who purchased the land for £3275. Holt, originally from
Yorkshire, sailed into Sydney sometime in 1842. He made his fortune during the gold rushes of the early 1850s. Holt moved to Sutherland, and further increased the size of his property holdings to
217:, on its way from London to Sydney, ran aground on this reef, during a fog. About a third of the ship's length was on the reef but she was refloated, without assistance, on the rising tide. In 1898, the Moruya Steamship Company's small coastal steamer,
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Boat harbour is home of one of the best kitesurfing and windsurfing spot in Sydney Region. It works well in South
Easterly or Southerly winds. No entry for Boat or PWC allowed
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Aborigines who were a clan of the
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at night and was stranded on this reef, until part of her cargo was jettisoned and she was relocated. There were no deaths in these incidents.
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was issued in 1815. 700 acres (2.8 km) of land on the
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park where driving on beach and sand dunes was permitted. From May 2010 access to the dunes was closed, but beach access remains.
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678:Shelly Beach (Manly)
495:"SHIPPING DISASTERS"
370:"TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS"
350:From the Sports Desk
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520:"Marine Casualties"
445:"Shipping Disaster"
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821:Bream Beach
816:Hyams Beach
811:Jones Beach
798:South Coast
668:Whale Beach
648:Bondi Beach
600:Beaches of
226:ran aground
94:, Australia
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55:151°12′03″E
933:Categories
783:Little Bay
763:Wattamolla
728:Greenhills
663:Palm Beach
530:2018-11-12
505:2018-11-11
480:2020-03-03
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430:2020-03-03
405:2020-03-03
380:2020-03-03
355:2020-03-03
320:References
300:Facilities
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187:land grant
185:The first
132:Greenhills
107:150 m
99:Dimensions
52:34°02′16″S
869:Byron Bay
854:Bar Beach
743:Curl Curl
246:platforms
168:Australia
920:Category
628:Balmoral
623:Clontarf
547:Archived
258:boulders
250:crevices
240:Wildlife
224:Marjorie
195:merchant
80:Location
806:Pembula
633:Obelisk
288:Housing
266:plovers
262:cobbles
232:Fishing
215:Ninevah
180:Gweagal
174:History
156:Kurnell
84:Kurnell
758:Marley
748:Eloura
610:Sydney
294:shacks
219:Koonya
199:estate
191:whaler
160:Sydney
137:Silver
120:Access
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