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Arncliffe, New South Wales
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
Arncliffe is a suburb in the City of Rockdale in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 11km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. The postcode is 2205. Arncliffe's main shopping precinct is centred around Firth Street and Arncliffe railway station on the Illawarra line. Arncliffe's name comes from a small village in North Yorkshire, England. The name appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, as 'Arneclif', meaning Eagle Cliff. Ron Rathbone in his book "A Village Called Arncliffe" says that an early land speculator, William Hirst, created a subdivision in 1840. It was named The Village of Arncliffe Estate. William Hirst was born in Settle, Yorkshire. Settle is a market town serving a cluster of villages, of which Arncliffe is reputed to be the prettiest. Rathbone says it is likely that Hirst gave Arncliffe its name, although it was more than two decades before it received official recognition.