Minnamurra

European occupation of the Minnamurra area started with James McBrien surveying and mapping the Minnamurra River in April 1825. The 800 acres extending from Bombo Point to Minnamurra River was promised to John Cowell in 1825. The property was first called 'Hoolong', and later 'Eureka' when it was bought by Captain Samuel Charles, who ran Eureka as a dairy farm.

In 1872, Captain Charles, then an alderman, offered to allow a road 40 feet wide through his property from the punt to Kiama. In 1870, the design and specification for a bridge over the Minnamurra River was secured, creating an alternative route for traffic that would have formerly travelled via Jamberoo. The second Minnamurra bridge (single lane) was built in 1891. It remained in use until 1964 when a wider bridge was necessary for modern traffic. The area between Bombo and Minnamurra was owned by the F(E?).C. Jones and C.S. Boyd families for 70 years, from around the 1890s until it was subdivided.

Boyd’s cow paddock, once known as the Monkey Flat race course, was transformed into a 9-hole golf course in 1933/34 (with cows). In 1957, the course was converted to an 18-hole course (today's Kiama Golf Links). In 1964 the land was purchased by the club from the Boyd family. After the Second World War, Minnamurra village developed from a weekend and holiday resort to a permanent village. Electric streetlights were switched on in 1948 and a water supply scheme was outlined in 1953.

The subdivision of Kiama Downs in the 1960s and expansion of housing brought demand for more building lots, so from 1970, the old quarry land from the Minnamurra River entrance to Kiama Downs was restored for residential development.