Taren Point, New South Wales

Taren Point Sydney, New South Wales
Taren Point Public School
Taren Point
Coordinates	34°1′9″S 151°7′13″E / 34.01917°S 151.12028°E / -34.01917; 151.12028Coordinates: 34°1′9″S 151°7′13″E / 34.01917°S 151.12028°E / -34.01917; 151.12028
Population	1,681 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	2229
Location	20 km (12 mi) south of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Sutherland Shire
State electorate(s)	Miranda
Federal Division(s)	Cook
Suburbs around Taren Point: Sans Souci Sylvania Waters Taren Point Woolooware Miranda Caringbah Caringbah

Taren Point is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 20 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.

Taren Point is a small suburb surrounded by the suburbs of Sylvania Waters and Caringbah. Taren Point is on the peninsula where the Captain Cook Bridge crosses north over the Georges River to Sans Souci, in the St George area.

Taren Point contains a mix of residential, commercial and some industrial areas. The residential area is located along the bank of the Georges River, at the mouth of Botany Bay. Most of the commercial and industrial areas are centred on Taren Point Road and to the east towards Woolooware Bay.

Taren Point was originally called Comyns Point, then Cummins Point and later Commins Point, believed to be after a local resident. The origins of Taren Point are also unclear. Thomas Holt (1811–88) owned the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla and his name is commemorated with Holt Road.

Commercial developments include Winning Appliances, Harvey Norman Business Centre, Flower Power, Officeworks, Transdev NSW bus depot.