TypeBeachDetailsGunyah Beach is on the western shore of the Hawkesbury north of the entrance to Cowan Creek and immediately downstream from Gunyah Point.
An Aboriginal word meaning "a shelter or hut built of branches and woven with brush."CreatorPowell, John P. (1994) Placenames of the Greater Hawkesbury Region, Hawkesbury River Enterprises: Berowra, p.54.
Powell, John P. (1994) Placenames of the Greater Hawkesbury Region, Hawkesbury River Enterprises: Berowra, p.54., Gunyah Beach. Hornsby Shire, accessed 26/04/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/4467
