Queenscliff is a northern Sydney suburb in the Australian state of New South Wales. Queenscliff is situated 16 kilometres north-east of Sydney’s central business district, within the Northern Beaches Council local government area, and is part of the Northern Beaches region.
Queenscliff was named after the monarch Victoria. From the early 1900s until World War I, the area was popular with vacationers who lived in holiday shacks on the headland.
Queenscliff is well-known among Australian surf beaches for its “heavy” (bombora) waves. The accounts of Dave Jackman’s daring ride of a large wave in 1961 gave rise to big wave surfing in Australia.
Queenscliff Beach is located at the northernmost end of a lengthy stretch of beach in Manly, which also includes North Steyne Beach and Manly Beach.
Curl Curl appears to be the original Aboriginal name for the Queenscliff and Manly Vale region.The original name of Manly Lagoon was Curl Curl Lagoon. Curl Curl Creek was the original name of Manly Creek, and Curl Curl Headland was the original name of Queenscliff Headland.
In accordance with the 2016 Census, there were 3,376 residents of Queenscliff. 57.0% of the population was born in Australia The two most prevalent additional countries of birth were England (9.5%) and New Zealand (4.0%). At home, 79.7% of the population spoke solely English. No Religion (43.8%), Catholic (22.6%), and Anglican (13.0%) were the most frequent replies for religion.
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