Narara, New South Wales

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Looking down Deane Street, Narara's "Main Street", towards the railway station.

Narara (stressed on the second syllable; IPA: /nəˈrɐːrə/) is a suburb on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, which boasts a railway station, a corner shop and bottleshop, around 1,000 homes, a number of parks and sporting grounds, and a concrete public skatepark. It is located five minutes north of Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of Narara Valley High School, one of Gosford City's public high schools, and Gosford Christian College, a private Christian insitution educating from kindergarten to year twelve.

The last Australia-wide census in 2001 revealed Narara has just over 8000 citizens.

The name 'Narara' can be traced back to the local Aboriginal term for 'black snake', hence the official emblem of Narara Valley High School.^{[citation needed]}

Narara's claim to fame is that the Narara Music Festival was held nearby in Somersby in 1983 and 1984. The Angels, an Australian rock band, produced an 11 track live album recorded at the festival named, appropriately enough, "Live at Narara".

[edit] See also

Narara Music Festival

Coordinates: 33°24′S 151°21′E

[edit] Links

Narara Valley High School website

Gosford Christian College website

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