Burraneer, New South Wales

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Burraneer is a small suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 26km south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire.

Burraneer is located on Burraneer Point, on the north shore of the Port Hacking estuary. Burraneer Bay forms the western border and Gunnamatta Bay is on east border. Woolooware is the only adjacent suburb.

Cronulla is located across Gunnamatta Bay. The suburbs of Dolans Bay and Caringbah are located across Burraneer Bay. The villages of Maianbar and Bundeena are located on the opposite bank of Port Hacking.

[edit] History

Burraneer is an Aboriginal word meaning 'point of the bay'. It was named by Surveyor Robert Dixon in 1827, who chose many Aboriginal names for many of the bays in the area.

In 1858 Mary and Andrew Webster paid 108 pounds and 15 shillings plus a yearly peppercorn quit rent for their land here. The Websters sold their land to Dominick Dolan in 1863.

James Wilson purchased his block of 252 acres for 252 pounds in 1862. In 1866, he sold his land to Thomas Holt (1811-1888), who added it to his huge 12,000 acre estate that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla.