Cronulla Trivia

Population 16,754 Established 1908

Shark Island, just off Cronulla Beach, is a famous surfing and bodyboarding spot and the site of the annual Shark Island Challenge bodyboarding contest.

Cronulla is a popular tourist attraction and attracts many beachgoers from all over Sydney. Cronulla Beach features a long stretch of sand that runs from Boat Harbour to North Cronulla, followed by rock pools and another sandy beach at South Cronulla.

“Puberty Blues” is a popular book and movie about the surfing culture in the Sutherland Shire.

Cronulla is derived from kurranulla, meaning “place of the pink seashells” in the dialect of the areas Aboriginal inhabitants, the Dharawal people.

Matthew Flinders and George Bass explored and mapped the coastline and Port Hacking estuary in 1796 and the southernmost point of Cronulla is named Bass and Flinders Point in their honour.

In 2005 the beachfront at Cronulla was the scene of widely publicised mob disturbances and violent confrontations. These incidents continued over a number of days and spread to other areas in Sydney.