Cronulla, New South Wales

Cronulla Sydney, New South Wales
Cronulla, New South Wales, pictured facing south in September 2019.
Population	17,899 (2021 census)[1]
Established	1908
Postcode(s)	2230
Elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Location	26 km (16 mi) south of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Sutherland Shire
State electorate(s)	Cronulla
Federal division(s)	Cook
Suburbs around Cronulla: Caringbah Kurnell Greenhills Beach Woolooware Cronulla Bate Bay Burraneer Maianbar Bundeena

Cronulla is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Boasting numerous surf beaches and swimming spots, the suburb attracts both tourists and Greater Sydney residents. Cronulla is 26 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.

Cronulla is on a peninsula framed by Botany Bay to the north, Bate Bay to the east, Port Hacking to the south, and Gunnamatta Bay to the west. The neighbouring suburb of Woolooware lies to the west of Cronulla, and Burraneer lies to the southwest. The Kurnell peninsula, the site of the first landfall on the eastern coastline made by Captain James Cook in 1770, is reached by driving northeast out of Cronulla on Captain Cook Drive.