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Location:
Oceania,
Australia, Bondi
Category:
Beach cam
Description:
View from North Bondo RSL, looking
along the beach and at the surf
Location Information:
Bondi
Beach is a popular beach and the
name of the surrounding suburb in
Sydney, Australia. Bondi Beach is
located 7 kilometres east of the
Sydney central business district, in
the local government area of
Waverley Council, in the Eastern
Suburbs. Bondi, North Bondi and
Bondi Junction are neighbouring
suburbs. Bondi or "Boondi" is an
Aboriginal word meaning water
breaking over rocks or noise of
water breaking over rocks.[2] The
Australian Museum records that Bondi
means place where a flight of nullas
took place.
In 1809, the road builder William
Roberts received a grant of land in
the area. In 1851, Edward Smith Hall
and Francis O'Brien purchased 200
acres (0.81 km2) of the Bondi area
that included most of the beach
frontage, which was named the "The
Bondi Estate." Hall was O'Brien's
father-in-law. Between 1855 and 1877
O'Brien purchased his
father-in-law's share of the land,
renamed the land the "O'Brien
Estate," and made the beach and the
surrounding land available to the
public as a picnic ground and
amusement resort. As the beach
became increasingly popular, O'Brien
threatened to stop public beach
access. However, the Municipal
Council believed that the Government
needed to intervene to make the
beach a public reserve. On 9 June
1882, the Bondi Beach became a
public beach
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