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Manly Dam Reserve, Australia

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Allambie Heights NSW 2100
Australia

Allambie Heights, Australia Print route » S33° 46' 32.8908" E151° 14' 51.9684"   (-33.775803, 151.247769) Start navigation »

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The Manly Dam Reserve, also known as the Manly Warringah War Memorial Park, is an nature reserve of protected urban bushland located in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, Australia. Located among the suburbs of Allambie Heights, North Balgowlah, Frenchs Forest and Manly Vale in the Northern Beaches Council local government area. The reserve adjoins the south-eastern edge of Garigal National Park.
Located within the 376-hectare (930-acre) reserve is the 30-hectare (74-acre) Manly Dam, an heritage-listed former reservoir near King Street, Manly Vale. The dam was designed by the NSW Department of Public Works and built in 1892 by the Department. The dam is owned by Sydney Water, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. The dam was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 November 1999.The Northern Beaches area has long been recognised as being part of the traditional lands of the Kuringgai people. There are a number of Aboriginal heritage sites found within the reserve.

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