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Clontarf

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Northern Beaches Council NSW, PO Box 82, Clontarf, NSW 2093
1300 434 434

Description

Clontarf (Irish: Cluain Tarbh, meaning "meadow of the bull") is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Clontarf (Irish: Cluain Tarbh, meaning "meadow of the bull") is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Clontarf is located 13 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council, in the Northern Beaches region.

History

Clontarf is named after the Clontarf district in Dublin, Ireland.

The son of Queen Victoria, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, visited Clontarf in 1868 where he was shot in the back by an Irishman, Henry James O'Farrell. Alfred was saved because the bullet struck him at a point where his India-rubber braces, holding his trousers up, crossed over. The bullet was deflected around his rib-cage and did no major harm.

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Clontarf's landmarks are Clontarf Beach, Sandy Bay, Castle Rock and Grotto Point.

Details

Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 0.86 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 24 m

Population number: 1,737

Local Government Area: Northern Beaches Council

Location

Northern Beaches Council NSW, PO Box 82, Clontarf, NSW 2093

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Clontarf, New South Wales

Clontarf - Localista

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