Pinny Beach is a gazetted suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie. It was created on 5 May 2006 following amendments to the boundaries of surrounding suburbs.[2] It is located on the Swansea Peninsula and is to the east of Lake Macquarie, south of the Pacific Ocean entrance channel at Swansea in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.
| Pinny Beach New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Pinny Beach | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°07′01″S 151°38′02″E / 33.117°S 151.634°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00/km2 (0.00/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2281 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 3 km (2 mi) SE of Swansea | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Wallarah | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Swansea | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Shortland | ||||||||||||||
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History
editThe name Pinny Beach has a direct relationship to the topographic feature designated as Pinny Beach This suburb is adjacent to the suburbs of Caves Beach to the northeast and Murrays Beach to the west where a section of the Pacific Highway forms the boundary.
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.[3]
Pinny Beach was once better known as the "windswept heath of Pincushion Plain". It was named after the pincushion-shaped shrubs with sharp needle-like leaves.[4]
Heritage listings
editPinny Beach has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pinny Beach". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ New South Wales Government Gazette, 5 May 2006, no.61, p.2999.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "What's in a Name" by George and Noelene Boyd – published 2007 – East Lake Macquarie Historical Society
- ^ "WWII RAAF Radar Station 208 (former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01752. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
External links
edit- History of Pinny Beach (Lake Macquarie City Library)