Description
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balgowlah is located 12 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council, in the Northern Beaches region. Balgowlah shares the postcode 2093 with the adjacent suburbs of Manly Vale, Balgowlah Heights and North Balgowlah.
History
Balgowlah was named in 1832 after an Aboriginal word meaning north harbour in reference to its position from Port Jackson. In the early days of European Settlement it had been known as Little Manly. Sir Edmund Barton, Australia's first prime minister, resided in the building known as Whitehall in White Street. Since 2004, Whitehall has been the site of the Norwegian Seamen's Church.
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Population: 1001-10000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 1.959 km2
Elevation: 51-200 metres
Town elevation: 51 m
Population number: 7,961
Local Government Area: Northern Beaches Council