Allambie Heights

Allambie Heights
Federal division(s)
Allambie Heights; Federal division(s)	Warringah
	Suburbs around Allambie Heights:

Allambie Heights is a suburb of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 17.5 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.^[2]

History

Allambie is an

Aboriginal word that means "peaceful place". An estate by that name was subdivided and auctioned in 1918. It is likely that a "goat track" that roughly follows the existing Allambie Road today was used by the Aboriginal people to access the ocean beaches at nearby Manly. The suburb was developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Allambie Heights Post Office opened on 1 February 1961.^[3]

Many of the streets in Allambie Heights are named after notable battles (particularly where Australian Troops served), and prominent allied political leaders of World War II. These include Moresby Place, Owen Stanley Avenue, Wewak Place, Kirra Road, Libya Crescent, Derna Crescent, Tobruk Avenue, Tia-Drew Parade, Anzio Avenue, Roosevelt Avenue and Churchill Crescent.^[4] Darmour Ave is probably named after the Battle of Damour and simply a misspelling.

Demographics

According to the

Anglican 18.1%.^[1]

Commercial area

The main business area in Allambie Heights consists of an IGA supermarket, newsagent, coffee shops, Chubby Fish and Chip shop, pizza, Indian, Thai, gift shop, bakery, Strand 22 Hair & Beauty, community centre and the local

The Cerebral Palsy Alliance

and Allambie Special School.

Education

Allambie Heights is home to three schools:

Allambie Heights Public School
Arranounbai School
The Beach School

Parks

Allambie Heights is bordered to the south by

rock carvings, one of the outstanding examples being the group in Gumbooya Reserve. Garigal National Park

sits on the western border.

To the north, Allambie Heights is bordered by Allenby Park, which includes small patches of rainforest and is bisected by small creeks and waterfalls.

Bushfires have destroyed much of the bushland area in recent years, however this is part of the Australian ecology cycle and the forests regenerate fairly quickly.^[6]^{[circular reference}

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References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Allambie Heights (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007
^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, page 2
^ Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks, Neil Paton, Kangaroo Press, 2004
^ "Bushfires in Australia - Wikipedia". en.m.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[census-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Allambie Heights (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[2] Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007

[Post_Office-3] Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

[4] Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, page 2

[5] Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks, Neil Paton, Kangaroo Press, 2004

[6] "Bushfires in Australia - Wikipedia". en.m.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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