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==History== [[File:Caringbah memorial.jpg|thumb|Caringbah memorial]] {{lang|aus|Caringbah}} is an [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] word from the [[Kumbainggar language]] for ''a pademelon wallaby''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Council/About-the-Shire/Shire-Suburb-Origins |title=Sutherland Shire Origin of Suburbs |last=Burgess |first=Laurie |date=July 2020 |publisher=Sutherland Shire Council Spatial Services Team |access-date=12 July 2020 |page=9f |archive-date=1 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601213822/http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Council/About-the-Shire/Shire-Suburb-Origins |url-status=dead }}</ref> The suburb was originally called Highfield, but it is unclear whether this was a position description or whether it was named after an early resident. Caringbah was used from 1911, after the [[Trams in Sydney|steam trams]] began operating between Cronulla and Sutherland.<ref>[http://www.caringbahlions.org.au/caringbah/4586910414 Caringbah Lions Club] Caringbah Lions Club</ref> [[Thomas Holt (Australian politician)|Thomas Holt]] (1811β88) owned most of the land that stretched from [[Sutherland, New South Wales|Sutherland]] to [[Cronulla]] in the 1860s. Most of the area around Miranda and Caringbah was used for [[market gardening]] from the 1880s. Caringbah was still used for orchards and farming until after [[World War II]]. The [[Cronulla railway line|railway line]] to Cronulla opened in 1939.<ref>''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, ''[[Angus & Robertson]]'', 1990, Published in Australia {{ISBN|0-207-14495-8}}, p51</ref>
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