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Bronte, New South Wales

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59: 783: 771: 490:, running down Bronte Road and MacPherson Street to Bronte Beach. A feature of this line was the final approach to Bronte Beach in a rock cutting parallel to the Pacific Ocean. The line opened to Waverley in 1890, then to Bronte in 1911. Electric services started to Waverley in 1902, then Bronte in 1911. Through services ran from Circular Quay or Railway Square. The line was closed in 1960 and replaced by a bus service that follows the route between Bronte and Bondi Junction of bus 378 (440 from 2015 and 379 from early 2018). 856: 402:, most or all of the original indigenous inhabitants of the area were killed by disease or forced to move further inland during the late 18th and early 19th century, resulting in the near-total loss of indigenous cultural knowledge about the area, and this had been compounded by the massive residential and commercial development of the area, which has destroyed nearly all archaeological evidence of the indigenous occupation and use of the land and seashore around what is now known as "Nelson Bay". 544: 795: 757: 43: 807: 1010: 956: 66: 594:, South Maroubra Dolphins Winter Swimming Club, Cronulla Polar Bears Winter Swimming Club, Maroubra Seals Winter Swimming Club, Coolangatta Surf Life Saving Club, Clovelly Eskimos Winter Swimming Club, Coogee Penguins Winter Swimming Club, Wollongong Whales and Cottesloe Crabs in the Winter Swimming Association of Australia Championships. 394:
bands as well. There was a large natural "bogey hole" at the southern end of the beach, the name of which derived from the local Aboriginal term for "swimming place", but the original bogey hole was substantially destroyed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the current bogey hole was
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of Population, there were 7,166 residents in Bronte. In Bronte, 65.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.1%, New Zealand 2.6%, United States of America 1.8% and South Africa 1.6%. 81.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at
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Owing to the devastating effects of the European invasion on Aboriginal peoples, including forced displacement and the catastrophic impact of introduced European diseases such as
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was founded in 1903 and claims to be the oldest surf lifesaving club in the world. An annual long-distance ocean swimming event is held in December each year between
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In recent years Bronte's eating scene has developed, with the introduction of several popular restaurants in and in close proximity to Macpherson St.
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There is no clear evidence for the name or names of the indigenous bands or clans who were the original custodians of the area prior to the
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The Bronte Splashers Winter Swimming Club claims to be the oldest Winter Swimming club in the world founded in 1921 and compete against
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home included French at 1.7%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 47.3%, Catholic 21.9% and Anglican 10.4%.
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who was given a free grant of most of the frontage in the area in the 1830s. His home was completed in 1845 and was named
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sits on Nelson Bay, surrounded by Bronte Park. Bronte offers scenic cliff-top walking paths south to
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Bronte is represented in one of the most popular sporting competitions across Australia, the
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where his parents operated the dressing sheds. His father, Denis 'Dinny' Brown, was
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The suburb has previously been declared the best of 641 Sydney suburbs by the
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in the south. Bronte is located about 2.5 km south of Bondi Beach.
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Bronte has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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Sydney
New South Wales

Bronte is located in New South Wales
Coordinates
33°54′19″S 151°15′38″E / 33.90532°S 151.26069°E / -33.90532; 151.26069
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Sydney central business district
LGA(s)
Waverley
State electorate(s)
Coogee
Federal division(s)
Wentworth
Suburbs
Waverley
Bondi
Tamarama
Waverley
Tasman Sea
Randwick
Clovelly
Tasman Sea
Eastern Suburb
Sydney
New South Wales
Sydney central business district
Waverley Council
local government area

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