Narara, New South Wales

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Narara
Central Coast, New South Wales

Looking down Deane Street, Narara's "Main Street", towards the railway station.
Population: 7,791 (2006 census)
Postcode: 2250
Area: 5.9 km² (2.3 sq mi)
Location: 4 km (2 mi) N of Gosford
LGA: City of Gosford
Parish: Gosford
State District: The Entrance
Federal Division: Dobell, Robertson
Suburbs around Narara:
Somersby Niagara Park Niagara Park
Somersby Narara Wyoming
West Gosford Gosford North Gosford

Narara (stressed on the second syllable: IPA: /nəˈrɑːrə/) is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Gosford's central business district. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.

The suburb contains Narara railway station, which is on the Main North railway line. It also contains a corner shop and bottleshop, a number of parks and sporting grounds, and a concrete public skatepark. It is the home of Narara Valley High School, one of Gosford City's public high schools, and St Philips Christian College Gosford (formally Gosford Christian College), a private Christian insitution educating from kindergarten to year twelve.

The name 'Narara' can be traced back to the local Aboriginal term for 'black snake', which appears on the official emblem of Narara Valley High School.[1][2]

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] References

  1. ^ Gosford City Library. Placenames. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
  2. ^ Narara Valley Primary School. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.

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