Narwee, New South Wales
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Narwee Sydney, New South Wales |
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Shops on the south side of Broad Arrow Road
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| Coordinates | 33°56′51″S 151°4′15″E / 33.94750°S 151.07083°ECoordinates: 33°56′51″S 151°4′15″E / 33.94750°S 151.07083°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 4,956 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2209 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 18 km (11 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
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Narwee is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Narwee is located 18 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Narwee is in local government area of Canterbury-Bankstown Council and Georges River Council. The postcode is 2209, which it shares with neighbouring Beverly Hills.
The main street of Narwee is Broadarrow Road, which runs from King Georges Road in Beverly Hills to just past Bonds Road in Riverwood. Broadarrow Road is also the boundary line between the northern part in the City of Canterbury, and the southern part in the City of Hurstville.
Narwee is an Aboriginal word meaning "sun", an appropriate name for an area once called 'Sunning Hill Farm'. The language and dialect it was derived from is unclear. A number of Sydney suburbs developed during the 1930s have similar allegedly Aboriginal names, the origins of which are uncertain, including nearby Panania, and Jannali. Jannali supposedly means "moon" and was apparently named at the same time as Narwee, as a "sister suburb".
The name Narwee was adopted when the railway station opened on 21 December 1931. People living there at the time were mostly poultry farmers and market gardeners, and a city florist had a large garden west of the railway station. After the railway came through, people bought up land for residences. Little building was done during the Depression and World War II, but the suburb grew rapidly in the 1950s, when the area was settled by young families. The post office opened in 1948.
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