Ben Buckler, New South Wales
Ben Buckler is an urban locality in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New [South Wales], Australia. It is part of the suburb of North Bondi, [New South Wales|North Bondi] in the Waverley Council local government area. It is sometimes referred to simply as "the northern headland of Bondi Bay."
Ben Buckler is the location of the heritage-listed Ben Buckler Gun Battery, which was built in 1892 and subsequently buried; it was later excavated by the NSW Water Board and then reburied. It is also the location of the heritage-listed Bondi Sewer Vent.
The surfing media refer to ocean waves breaking off the adjacent coast as 'Ben Buckler' or "the Buckler".
For instance: ''The ’Buckler, as its affectionately known, has a rep for being a bit of a burger, but if you paddle deep enough it tosses up a challenging drop, and roaring left wall that’s been ridden in the fifteen-foot-plus realm''
Etymology
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 [Municipal Council|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 claimed that it was a corruption of an Aboriginal word.