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Olympia Motor Speedway, Fitzgerald Avenue, Maroubra 8 January 1930

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.

Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.

Maroubra

Originally fishing and camping grounds for the local Muru-ora-dial Aboriginal people, Maroubra is now the largest suburb in the area governed by Randwick City Council, in both area and population. However, its early beginnings did not foresee such developments. Industry and the spectacle of dramatic shipwrecks drew Europeans to the area in the late nineteenth century but development didn't begin in earnest until the early twentieth century.

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Maroubra

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South-eastern beachside suburb. Its name is believed to come from a tribe that lived there, or from a Dharuk companion of Bennelong. Another conjectured meaning is 'like thunder', referring to the sound of heavy surf.

Olympia Speedway

Australia's first major motor racing venue financed by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen on 33 hectares of Crown Land at Maroubra. It operated for about 10 years but poor design, five fatalaties and reduced attendance lead to its closure and redevelopment as a residential area and Coral Sea Park.

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