Sylvania Waters, New South Wales
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Sylvania Waters Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Coordinates | 34°1′23″S 151°6′42″E / 34.02306°S 151.11167°ECoordinates: 34°1′23″S 151°6′42″E / 34.02306°S 151.11167°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 3,125 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2224 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Sutherland Shire | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Miranda | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||
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Sylvania Waters is an affluent suburb in southern Sydney located in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 21 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire. It's well known for its large waterfront properties and restaurants.
Sylvania Waters surrounds Gwawley Bay on the southern side of the Georges River. Sylvania is a separate suburb to the west, and Sylvania Heights is a locality inside Sylvania. Many of the waterfront areas of Sylvania Waters were reclaimed from Gwawley Bay. Many streets and houses are built on artificial islands. The main road in Sylvania Waters, Belgrave Esplanade, essentially stretches from Tom Uglys Bridge to Captain Cook Bridge - two of the three main northern entry points for the Sutherland Shire across the Georges River.
The naming of Sylvania is unclear, but ‘sylvan’ which means inhabiting the woods, relates to the setting of this suburb. Politician Thomas Holt (1811–1888) owned the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla. Holt had built Sutherland House on the foreshore of Gwawley Bay in 1818, on the eastern side of Sylvania. He established the Sutherland Estate Company in 1881 and a village grew there, with a post office opening in 1883. The school opened in 1884 but closed in 1891 and was not reopened until 1925. Sylvania Heights Public School opened in 1955.
Sylvania Walters Estate was developed by L.J. Hooker in the 1960s, as the land offered had water frontages with boating facilities. James Goyen won the tender to design the estate, construct the houses, and promote the new suburb. Streets were named after Australian rivers to emphasise the association with water, such as Shoalhaven, Tweed, Murrumbidgee, Hawkesbury and Barwon.
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