2001: When Queenscliff lost its suburb status

In 2001, residents of Queenscliff were outraged when their suburb (which had been a locality since 1984) was assigned as an urban place within Harbord, meaning that those who resided there were officially residents of Harbord.

Source: Connolly, F. 2001. "Queenscliff: beautiful one day, gone the next". The Daily Telegraph, June 18: 7.

It was formally regazetted as a suburb on July 12, 2002, by the NSW Geographical Names Board, which was welcomed by residents.

Source: Skelsey, M. 2002. "Suburb recovers its lost identity". The Daily Telegraph, July 17: 4.