Maroubra, New South Wales: Difference between revisions

Maroubra is a local [[Australian Aborigine|Aboriginal]] word meaning ''place of thunder''. In 1861, the first British house was built in the area by Humphrey McKeon,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13515815 Deaths: McKeon, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', (Saturday, 29 July 1882), p.1.]</ref> after whom McKeon Street was named.<ref>[https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/about-us/history/historic-places/historic-street-and-place-names/street-names-m-r Historic Street Names: M-R, ''Randwick City Council''.]</ref><ref>Keep, Georgina (2023/2024),"[https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/387464/23260__SCENE-Summer-2023_Web.pdf Shipwrecks to Marauders]", ''Randwick Scene'', (Summer 2023/2024), pp.16-17.</ref> A number of other settlers arrived on the land in the 1870s to work on the wool scouring works located at the northern end of the bay.<ref>''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia {{ISBN|0-207-14495-8}}, page 164.</ref>

* ''Trade Winds'' (1984–2002) – Maroubra Junction on Maroubra Road. 2002 saw the former [[Flag Inns]] hotel converted into apartments. It was one of the many hotels that catered to the visiting Maroubra crowd on a global scale during the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000 Olympic Games]], being one of the major accommodation hotels in the Sydney region at the turn of the century. The Trade Winds Brasserie is all that is left of the old hotel.