Ben Buckler, New South Wales

The first recorded use of the name was in 1831, when a land grant to Richard Hurd at North Bondi was described as being "...to a point called Ben Buckler." Common theories about its name were set out in a research note issued by Waverley Council Library: • It is named after a convict, Benjamin Buckler or Ben Buckley, who lived locally with the Aboriginal people in 1810; • A bushranger named Ben Buckley lived in a cave in the rocks at the northern end of Bondi Beach; • Obed West (1807–1891) claimed that it was a corruption of an Aboriginal word. == Gallery ==

File:Robert Vere Scott Ben Buckler Bondi.jpg|Robert Vere Scott (c.1905) Ben Buckler, Bondi, made using a Kodak Panoram camera, exposed to look as if taken by moonlight, but actually taken in daylight. Silver gelatin print 23.3 h x 56.9 w cm. National Gallery of Australia, Purchased 2012, NGA 2012.749 File:NORTH BONDY.jpg|Ben Buckler at night File:Golf cours overlooking bondi beach and suburb.jpg|Golf course File:Bondi,4 sydneynsw panorama.jpg|The Ben Buckler coastline File:Ben Buckler adjacent to North Bondi beach.jpg|Ben Buckler, from the south. The Bondi Sewer Vent can be seen behind the beach area. ==References==