Allambie Heights, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Allambie Heights
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption =
lga = Warringah Council
postcode = 2100
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov =
fedgov = Warringah
near-nw = Forestville
near-n = Frenchs Forest
near-ne = Beacon Hill Brookvale
near-w = Killarney Heights
near-e = North Manly
near-sw = Seaforth
near-s = North Balgowlah
near-se = Manly Vale
dist1 = 17
dir1 = north-east
location1= Sydney CBD

Allambie Heights is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Allambie Heights is located 17 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region. [Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007]

History

Allambie is an Aboriginal word that means "peaceful place". An estate by that name was subdivided and auctioned in 1918. A 'goat track' that roughly follows the existing Allambie Road today, was most likely used by the Aboriginal people to access the ocean beaches at nearby Manly. The suburb was developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Many of the streets in Allambie Heights are named after notable battles (particularly where Australian Troops served), and prominent allied political leaders of World War 2. These include Owen Stanley Avenue, Kirra Road, Libya Crescent, Derna Crescent, Tobruk Avenue, Anzio Avenue, and Roosevelt Avenue and Churchill Crescent. [Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, page 2]

Commercial area

The main business area in Allambie Heights consists of a supermarket, newsagent, delicatessen, bakery, community centre and the local primary school. It is also home to the Warringah Acquatic Centre. The suburb is also home to a range of retirement villages including the Italian Scalabrini Village and the German Lutheran Homes. There are also a number of care centres for the disabled including The Sunnyfield Association, The Spastic Centre and Allambie Special School.

Parks

Allambie Heights is bordered to the south by the serene and relatively untouched Manly Dam Reserve (also known as War Memorial Reserve) which is the habitat for a number of species of plants and animals. The area is also home to a number of Australian Aboriginal rock carvings. The Garigal National Park sits on the western border. To the north Allambie Heights is bordered by Allenby Park, which includes small patches of rainforest and is bisected by small creeks and waterfalls. [Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks, Neil Paton, Kangaroo Press, 2004] Bushfires have destroyed much of the bushland area in recent years, however this is part of the Australian ecology cycle and the forests regenerate fairly quickly.

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