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name 'Gamma Gamma' (possibly meaning 'storm'), which appeared on maps of the coastline in the 1860s by the
Military or Naval Authority. In the late 1890s a genteel campaign of civil disobedience was undertaken to open up Sydney beaches to daytime bathing. Inspector of schools and writer George Philip
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Incomes for this area were high, at $ 4,522 weekly household income compared to the national average of $ 1,746; other metrics were high as well such as personal income at $ 1,788 (the national median was $ 805), and family income which was $ 4,771 compared to the national median of $ 2,120. Monthly
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died from misadventure when he was swept up against the rocks of a sea cliff by the surf and then carried back into deeper water where he drowned as a result of being incapacitated by head injuries. He was surfing during a time when
Tamarama beach was not patrolled by lifeguards and could not be
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operating on a two-mile track over the cliff tops. Frequent battles with local residents over beach access, charges of animal cruelty and an incident with the airship saw a decline in numbers. After a few years of low crowds and poor revenue
Wonderland City closed in 1911. In 1920, the NSW
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Because of its deep water, small size and easterly aspect, Tamarama is dangerous for most swimmers even in a moderate ocean swell. Tamarama is considered the most dangerous patrolled beach in New South Wales, with more rescues per thousand bathers than any other of Sydney's beaches, by the
454:(or Glamourama), owing to the alleged abundance of glamorous people who sunbathe (often topless), on what must be one of the smallest strips of sand in the state. Tamarama Surf Club is located on the northern side, perched up on the headland where it overlooks the entire beach.
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October 2021 a memorial dedicated to gay men and transgender women targeted in homophobic and transphobic attacks in Sydney from the 1970s to 1990s, was unveiled. The public art is located in Marks Park.
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Australia. The beach and parkland form part of the exhibition space for
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Tamarama Beach is a small beach between two prominent
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604:"Tamarama About the profile areas"
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983:"Sculptures By The Sea"
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368:South Africa
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267:Bronte Beach
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1466:Hills Beach
1423:North Coast
1413:Werri Beach
1403:Bream Beach
1398:Hyams Beach
1393:Jones Beach
1380:South Coast
1250:Whale Beach
1230:Bondi Beach
1182:Beaches of
1112:Queens Park
1107:North Bondi
1082:Bondi Beach
1072:Ben Buckler
964: /
877:11 December
652:23 November
404:No Religion
364:New Zealand
356:2021 census
319:tiger shark
263:Bondi Beach
176:Bondi Beach
92:Postcode(s)
1515:Categories
1365:Little Bay
1345:Wattamolla
1310:Greenhills
1245:Palm Beach
996:"Tamarama"
952:151°16′5″E
949:33°53′53″S
910:31 October
779:"Tamarama"
728:"Tamarama"
712:5 November
552:References
410:at 16.4%,
406:at 49.0%,
350:Population
307:vaudeville
279:Aboriginal
194:Tasman Sea
114:Sydney CBD
68:Population
1451:Byron Bay
1436:Bar Beach
1325:Curl Curl
788:15 August
764:, page 33
620:15 August
452:Glamarama
448:headlands
394:at 1.2%,
390:at 1.2%,
386:at 2.4%,
366:at 2.6%,
362:at 7.8%,
309:acts and
250:, in the
244:Australia
150:Wentworth
1502:Category
1210:Balmoral
1205:Clontarf
1132:Waverley
1127:Vaucluse
1122:Tamarama
1117:Rose Bay
1006:Archived
987:Archived
933:Archived
904:Archived
868:Archived
838:Archived
813:Archived
703:Archived
679:Archived
646:Archived
614:Archived
543:Memorial
434:Tamarama
412:Anglican
408:Catholic
339:elephant
323:Waverley
311:aquarium
225:Tamarama
189:Tamarama
109:Location
36:Tamarama
1388:Pembula
1215:Obelisk
844:30 July
579:28 June
416:Judaism
400:Italian
392:Spanish
380:English
360:England
354:In the
335:airship
273:History
229:eastern
162:Suburbs
71:1,478 (
43:,
1340:Marley
1330:Eloura
1192:Sydney
1092:Bronte
1061:Sydney
760:
585:
497:Events
396:German
384:French
376:Canada
317:and a
236:Sydney
232:suburb
207:Bronte
202:Bronte
138:Coogee
121:LGA(s)
41:Sydney
1350:Garie
1320:Manly
1315:Wanda
1077:Bondi
899:QNEWS
871:(PDF)
864:(PDF)
706:(PDF)
699:(PDF)
388:Greek
315:seals
185:Bondi
171:Bondi
1014:2015
912:2021
879:2017
846:2014
790:2024
758:ISBN
714:2015
654:2019
622:2024
581:2022
104:0.28
101:Area
96:2026
76:2021
254:of
234:of
73:SAL
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