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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 6,971 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2099 | ||||||||||||
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Narraweena is asuburb of northernSydney, in the state ofNew South Wales, Australia. Narraweena is 18 kilometres north-east of theSydney central business district, in thelocal government area ofNorthern Beaches Council and is part of theNorthern Beaches region.
Narraweena has two primary schools; Narraweena Public School and St John the Apostle Narraweena Catholic School.
Narraweena is anAboriginal name meaning a quiet place in the hills.[citation needed] The suburb developed afterWorld War II, when the land was subdivided, Narraweena Post Office opening on 1 April 1953.[3][4]
Italian people fromPazzano since the 1980s have organised an annualSanto Salvatore's fiest, with a statue very similar to the original that is taken from the Catholic church of Narraweena around the suburb and back.
It is also home to a notable community of settlers from Gizzeria, Calabria and their descendants.
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates five bus routes through the suburb of Narraweena:
CDC NSW operates one bus route through the suburb of Narraweena:
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