Cronulla, New South Wales

Cronulla is a beach suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal corruption of the name of Mr. John Connell, who owned several large grants of land in the locality. An alternative belief is that the name is derived from the Aboriginal name for the area, Kurranulla.

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Suburb - Sydney - New South Wales - Australia

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Cronulla is the Southern-most coastal suburb of the Sydney metropolitan area. It lies on a peninsula framed by Botany Bay to the North, Bate Bay to the East, Port Hacking to the south, and Gunnamatta Bay to the west. The neighbouring suburb of Woolooware lies to the West of Cronulla. The Kurnell peninsula, the first landing place of Captain James Cook, is accessed by driving North-East out of Cronulla on Captain Cook Drive.

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Peninsula - Botany Bay - Bate Bay - Port Hacking - Gunnamatta Bay - Woolooware - Kurnell - Captain James Cook

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Shark Island, just off Cronulla Beach, is a famous bodyboarding spot, and the site of the annual Shark Island Challenge bodyboarding contest.

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Shark Island - Bodyboarding - Shark Island Challenge

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Elle Macpherson was born on March 29, 1964 in Cronulla.

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