Como, NSW
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Como Sydney, New South Wales |
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Como Hotel
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| Population | 3,789 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2226 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 27 km (17 mi) south of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Sutherland Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Miranda | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Hughes | ||||||||||||||
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Como is a suburb in southern Sydney, located on the southern banks of the Georges River, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 27 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. The postcode is 2226, which it shares with neighbouring suburbs Jannali, Bonnet Bay & Como West. The postal locality (suburb) of Como West was originally created in 1939 from within the greater Como locality, & is bounded to the west by the Woronora River. The shoreline across Como features Bonnet Bay, Scylla Bay and Carina Bay.
Well before it became "Como", the locality had previously been known as "Woronora".
Circa early 1883, a small weatherboard & iron roofed building called the "Woronora Hotel" had been constructed by the proprietor, Mr Thomas Hanley, in response to the rapidly growing railway worker's camp situated adjacent to where they were planning to extend the Illawarra railway line across a bridge being constructed over the Georges River.
The "Woronora Post Office" opened on 16 May 1883, adjacent to the "Woronora Hotel", this facility also being operated by Mr Thomas Hanley.
Shortly after, the postal locality of "Woronora" was changed to "Como" upon a suggestion offered by Mr James Frederick Murphy, Manager of the Holt-Sutherland Co. & the affairs of Thomas Holt (1811–1888), who at the time owned much of the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla. Mr Murphy likened the area to its namesake in Italy on account of its similarity to Lake Como at the foot of the Lepontine Alps and Lugano Prealps in Italy.
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