Box Head, New South Wales

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Box Head
Central Coast,  New South Wales
Box Head - panoramio (12).jpg
View of Tallow Beach
Box Head, New South Wales
Population0 (SAL 2016) [1] [2]
Postcode(s) 2257
Elevation93 m (305 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Central Coast Council
Parish Kincumber
State electorate(s) Terrigal
Federal division(s) Robertson
Suburbs around Box Head:
Wagstaffe Pretty Beach Killcare
Broken Bay Box Head Tasman Sea
Lion Island Tasman Sea Tasman Sea

Box Head is a coastal locality in the Central Coast Council local government area located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. [3] It is within Bouddi National Park which includes the island of Lion Island.

Box has a close proximity to several beaches, including Iron Ladder Beach, Lobster Beach and Tallow Beach. [4] The headland itself marks the northern entrance to Broken Bay from the Tasman Sea. Box Head refers to the large headland that viewed from the ocean resembles a box.

History

This part of the coastland was first sighted by Europeans under James Cook, who named features of the area such as Cape Three Points and Broken Bay following his discovery of Botany Bay in Sydney.

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Box Head (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Box Head (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Box Head". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. UBD (2003). Central Coast Street Directory (13 ed.). Universal Press. Map 117. ISBN   0-7319-1475-9.

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