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Coasters Retreat Progress Association succeeded in connecting to the electricity supply in 1967, the Association became dedicated to the preservation of the unique coastal environment at Coasters Retreat. Electricity lines were hidden underground, road building never initiated, fences not allowed, and communal postal services maintained in order to promote a tranquil non-suburban environment. Subsequently, a Rural Fire Brigade was formed, protecting the community in 1994 from bushfires.
363:(also spelt Ku-ring-gai, Kuring-gai, Guringai). The Kuringgai were hunters and gatherers. The Basin, adjoining Coasters Retreat, has particularly rich Aboriginal Heritage sites including the Basin Track Engraving Site, featuring petroglyphs of hunters, kangaroos, fishing and wallabies. On the headland north of Coasters Retreat is the Red Hands Cave, featuring a hand print in red ochre. Other hand prints, pictographs, middens and carvings can be found in the locality. On the foreshore at Coasters Retreat is an Aboriginal carving of a dolphin.
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The oldest house, Negunya, was built by the Norton
Russell family in 1922, and the second oldest house was built by the Alldrit Family in 1926, following a 1921 subdivision of the original land grant. The area underwent subtle growth during the 20th century with the construction of holiday houses. In
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In 1770 Captain Cook sighted Broken Bay, naming it for its rugged terrain. Pittwater was first explored by
Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788, who named it after British Prime Minister William Pitt. Pittwater was again charted in 1789 by Captain John Hunter. In 1842 Coasters Retreat was first granted to
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