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Bushrangers_Hill,_Newport,_Sydney,_Australia.jpg
A view from Bushrangers Hill, located in the Pittwater suburb of Newport, looking south towards the city centre
Pittwater is the name of a local government area in metropolitan Sydney, Australia. The suburbs which comprise Pittwater were detached from the Warringah local government area in 1993. It covers a region adjacent to the Pacific Ocean about 30 km north east of downtown Sydney.
Pittwater includes the suburbs of Warriewood, Mona Vale, Bayview, Newport, Avalon, Whale Beach,Clareville and Palm Beach.
Pittwater is also the name of one of the arms of Broken Bay, the estuary of the Hawkesbury River. Pittwater was named after the British Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger, in about 1800 and is a very popular sailing area.
External links
- 2001 Census Information (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@census.nsf/Lookup2001Census/03ACE38E1581F3C1CA256BBE0083CBC7)
| Suburbs of Pittwater Council | Northern Beaches | Sydney |
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| Avalon | Barranjoey | Bayview | Bilgola | Bungan Beach | Careel Bay | Church Point | Clareville | Coaster Retreat | Currawong Beach | Elanora | Elvina Bay | Foley's Hill | Great Mackerel Beach | Ingleside | Loquat Valley | Lovett Bay | McCarrs Creek | Mona Vale | Morning Bay | Narrabeen | Newport | Palm Beach | Paradise Beach | Salt Pan Cove | Scotland Island | Stokes Point | Taylor's Point | Tumbledown Dick| Turimetta | Warriewood | Whale Beach |
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| Ashfield | Auburn | Bankstown | Baulkham Hills | Blacktown | Botany Bay | Burwood | Camden | Campbelltown | Canterbury | Canada Bay | Fairfield | Holroyd | Hornsby | Hunter's Hill | Hurstville | Kogarah | Ku-ring-gai | Lane Cove | Leichhardt | Liverpool | Manly | Marrickville | Mosman | North Sydney | Parramatta | Penrith | Pittwater | Randwick | Rockdale | Ryde | Strathfield | Sutherland | City of Sydney | Warringah | Waverley | Willoughby | Woollahra | |
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