Wolli Creek, New South Wales
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Wolli Creek Sydney, New South Wales |
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Brodie Spark Drive
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 Wolli Creek
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| Coordinates | 33°55′48″S 151°09′15″E / 33.930105°S 151.154237°ECoordinates: 33°55′48″S 151°09′15″E / 33.930105°S 151.154237°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 2,830 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2205 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6 mi) south of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Bayside | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Rockdale | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Barton | ||||||||||||
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Wolli Creek is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It sits beside the Wolli Creek and Cooks River waterways. Wolli Creek is situated between the suburbs of Arncliffe and Tempe, 10 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Wolli Creek is in the local government area of Bayside Council.
Wolli Creek was named after the waterway on its northern border.
The suburb was previously part of Arncliffe. Reuben Hannam was granted land in 1825 on the banks of Cooks river. Alexander Brodie Spark purchased land in 1826 and built Tempe house in 1836. It was named after 'Vale of Tempe', a beautiful valley in ancient Greek legend set at the foot of Mount Olympus. Tempe House, designed by John Verge, has a Georgian feel and is regarded as one of the great houses of Sydney.
Philanthropist Caroline Chisholm leased Tempe House as a boarding school for young women (1863–1865). The estate was known as Greenbank during this time and presented an ideal location for Chisholm's work. She remarked on the spacious and lofty rooms and the 'fine large and open orchard of fruit trees, intersected by wide and shady walks'.
In 1884 the estate was sold to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan for use as a charitable refuge for women. The Sisters added the impressive St Magdalen's Chapel (1888), which is believed to be the work of Sheerin & Hennessy, an important firm of Sydney architects, who designed the Archbishop's Residence and St Patrick's College at Manly. The neo-Gothic style Chapel is of major cultural significance. It is now deconsecrated and has been restored as part of the Discovery Point redevelopment. Tempe House is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
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