Balgowlah

Suburb

Suburb in the Manly area, which remained semi-rural into the 1920s.

Names
Alternate
Jilling
Alternate
North Harbour

Balgowlah

by John MacRitchie, 2008

 

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Known as Kay-ye-my or Jilling to its Aboriginal inhabitants, Balgowlah was settled early by convicts, farmers and market gardeners. Rural until the 1900s, Balgowlah was developed and subdivided after the Spit and Harbour bridges were built.
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Balgowlah demographics