Beacon Hill, New South Wales
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Beacon Hill Sydney, New South Wales |
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The outlook from the summit of Governor Phillip Lookout
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| Population | 6,900 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2100 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 17 km (11 mi) north-east of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Northern Beaches Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wakehurst | ||||||||||||
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Beacon Hill is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 17 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. It is part of the Northern Beaches region.
Beacon Hill was given the title when the Department of Lands built a trigometric beacon there in 1881.
Little is known of local aboriginal culture in the Beacon Hill area but other local areas towards the sea have a rich and diverse aboriginal background. There are some aboriginal carvings in rocks to the north of Red Hill.
Daniel Egan, a member of the NSW Parliament, purchased two 40-acre (16 ha) parcels of land on 5 October 1857.
Most of the houses in the suburb were built in the boom days after World War II, in the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the streets in Beacon Hill are named after notable battles, military men or places where Australian troops served in World War II. These include Owen Stanley Avenue, Kokoda Crescent, Goroka Place and Lae Place.
Beacon Hill Post Office opened on 1 August 1949 and closed in 1986.Beacon Hill High School was established in 1964 and closed in 2002.
According to the 2011 census of Population, there were 6,900 residents in Beacon Hill. 69.2% of residents were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 6.3%, Italy 2.6% and New Zealand 2.3%. 79.2% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.1%, Mandarin 2.0% and Cantonese 1.8%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.4%, Anglican 21.1% and No Religion 20.2%.
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