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were vandalised. Some sources say that the engines and sections of the bow remain in
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on both sides of Sydney Road. The suburb reaches north past
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was commissioned in 1878 and named "Fairlight". In 1966, the company commissioned
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1186:List of Sydney suburbs
580:"Manly Scenic Walkway"
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806:"Fairlight"
606:Manly Daily
398:Neutral Bay
394:museum ship
384:(later the
363:Spit Bridge
284:Name legacy
163:Queenscliff
74:Postcode(s)
66:2021 census
1199:Categories
1165:Warriewood
1135:Palm Beach
1100:Narraweena
1075:Manly Vale
1065:Lovett Bay
1045:Freshwater
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960:Clareville
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759:20 January
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457:References
424:Population
371:shell grit
158:Manly Vale
153:Manly Vale
96:Sydney CBD
61:Population
1095:Narrabeen
1085:Mona Vale
1055:Ingleside
1030:Fairlight
995:Curl Curl
950:Brookvale
915:Balgowlah
667:2 January
487:19 August
337:Landmarks
316:Fairlight
313:demogroup
300:Fairlight
250:Balgowlah
227:Australia
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174:Fairlight
170:Balgowlah
132:Warringah
83:Elevation
32:Fairlight
1155:Seaforth
1005:Davidson
975:Collaroy
965:Clontarf
552:6 August
406:seacocks
270:Hastings
245:region.
91:Location
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1010:Dee Why
935:Belrose
925:Bayview
274:England
260:History
233:in the
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894:Sydney
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103:LGA(s)
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