The Australian term ‘bogey hole’ does not relate to any fearsome ‘bogey man’. The term ‘bogey’ derive from a word meaning ‘to bathe or swim’ in Dharawal, an Aboriginal language from the Sydney area. The terms ‘bogey’ for swimming and ‘bogey hole’ for swimming place are still in common use in many parts of New South Wales and Queensland.
While the Newcastle Bogey Hole was cut into rock, the Bogey Holes at Bronte, Bondi and Mollymook are ocean pools of the ring-of-rocks type.