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==History==
===1700s===
At the time of British colonisation, the area was inhabited by the [[Indigenous Australian]] Murro-ore-dial clan of the [[Eora people]]. Maroubra is derived from the name of a clan leader, [[Moorooboora]] (''muru'', meaning pathway and ''boora'', meaning [[Bora (Australian)|initiation ground]]). In particular, his name refers to the pathway that went to the initiation ground that was at [[Malabar Headland|Boora Point]] which is now the site of a national park.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Keith Vincent |title=Colebee |url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/colebee |website=Dictionary of Sydney |publisher=State Library of NSW |access-date=7 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="cora">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Keith Vincent |title=Cora Gooseberry |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gooseberry-cora-12942 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=Australian National University |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
===1800s===
===''The Hereward''===
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The wreck was slowly washed out to sea afterwards; and by 1937 only a triangle dorsal fin was visible above sea level.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27892749 Rutherford, R.L., "Hereward—Unpopular Wreck''. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', (Saturday, 13 December 1947), p.12.]</ref> In 1950, Randwick Council feared the danger that the remains posed, especially to surfers and swimmers, and had the remains blasted; such that by 1967 it appeared that there was nothing left of the ship.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131645329 The Hereward is gone at last, ''The World's News'', (Saturday, 5 December 1953), p.20.]</ref>
In recent times, on various occasions, due to large swells and sweeping currents, large amounts of sand had moved off the sea floor and had exposed extensive portions of the ''Hereward'' which were once thought to be destroyed and lost forever. In March 2013 after large seas, extensive portions of the ship's metal hull, along with mast and engine pieces were exposed to a greater extent than they ever had been before.<ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/maritimeheritageapp/ViewSiteDetail.aspx?siteid=1284 Maritime Heritage Sites: Hereward, ''Office of Environment & Heritage, New South Wales''.]</ref><ref>[http://www.asha.org.au/pdf/newsletters/ASHANewsletter43-2_2013.pdf ''Hereward'' Cannon, ''Newsletter of the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology'', Vol.43, No.2, (June 2013), pp.16-18.]</ref><ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/maroubra-shipwreck-cannon-recovered Maroubra Shipwreck Cannon Recovered, ''Office of Environment & Heritage, New South Wales'', 27 March 2013.]</ref><ref>[http://www.maroubraseals.com.au/files/Seals_Sayings_Web_26_2_15.pdf Hereward Cannon, ''Seals Sayings'', ''Maroubra Seals Sports & Community Club'', No.2330, Thursday, 26 February 2015.]</ref><ref>[
Hereward Street in Maroubra is named after the event.
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===Former===
* ''Maroubra Bay Hotel'' (1926–2010) – Popular after World War I due to the extension of the tram line to the beach, the construction of a promenade and bathing sheds. Due to a downturn in trade the hotel closed in early 2010.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16328170 Hotel at Maroubra: License Granted, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', (Tuesday, 26 October 1926), p.12.]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/beachside-maroubra-relaunches-with-a-new-menu-and-design/news-story/15592661e6132e54a8b84f7aaa76facb?sv=588989de1a63e113e4a0c6c7355e552d Suckling, L, "Beachside Maroubra relaunches with a new menu and design", ''The Southern Courier'', Tuesday, 20 February, 2014.]</ref> Reopened as the Bay Hotel, nearby is the Maroubra Seals surf club (pub, gaming and restaurant).
* ''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.
* ''Maroubra RSL'' (2000<ref>[http://www.startlocal.com.au/recreation/socialgeneralclubs/nsw_sydney/Maroubra_Rsl_Club_Limited_2393326.html Startlocal.com.au: Maroubra RSL profile]</ref>–2009) – The struggling Maroubra Returned and Services League (RSL) Club merged with South Sydney Junior Leagues Club in order to keep the premise open due to poor income. It was reopened under the name "Juniors @ The Junction".<ref name="southern-courier.whereilive.com.au"/>
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===Trams===
{{Main|Trams in Sydney}}
The former Maroubra tram line opened from [[Anzac Parade, Sydney|Anzac Parade]] to Maroubra Bay in 1921. The line branched off the main line to La Perouse at the intersection of
==Heritage listings==
Due to the age of the suburb there are 34 sites formally
==Media==
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* [[Corey Adams]], rugby league player
* [[Henry Lawrie Bell]], Army officer and amateur ornithologist
* [[Mark Buddle]], outlaw bikie and alleged gangster.
* [[Bob Carr]], 39th [[Premier of New South Wales]]
* [[Michael Daley]], Current Member of the [[Electoral district of Maroubra|Maroubra State Electorate]]
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