Akuna Bay, New South Wales

Coordinates: 33°38′53″S 151°14′06″E / 33.648°S 151.235°E / -33.648; 151.235
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Akuna Bay
Federal division(s)
Mackellar
Localities around Akuna Bay:
Akuna Bay Akuna Bay Akuna Bay
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Akuna Bay Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Akuna Bay is an urban place[1] in Sydney, Australia. Akuna Bay is located 38 kilometres (24 mi) north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council.

Akuna Bay sits in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park[2] and takes its name[3] from the bay on Coal and Candle Creek. It can be accessed by a marina on the bay or by Liberator General San Martin Drive.

History

Akuna was thought to be an Aboriginal word meaning to follow.

Dieri word ngaka-rna meaning "to flow" from South Australia.[4]

In 1972 the construction of a marina was proposed and it was completed in 1974.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Akuna Bay (urban place)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Akuna Bay (Map). NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Akuna Bay (bay)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "What flows from ngaka-rna : How naming books spread a Dieri word". 15 July 2014.
  5. ^ Philip Cox, Storey & Partners (1972). Environmental impact study on a proposed marina and facilities at Akuna Bay, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park, New South Wales. [Australia : Philip Cox, Storey & Partners.

33°38′53″S 151°14′06″E / 33.648°S 151.235°E / -33.648; 151.235