Yagoona, New South Wales

Yagoona Sydney, New South Wales
Hume Highway, Yagoona
Yagoona
Coordinates	33°54′28″S 151°01′30″E / 33.9078°S 151.0251°E / -33.9078; 151.0251Coordinates: 33°54′28″S 151°01′30″E / 33.9078°S 151.0251°E / -33.9078; 151.0251
Population	16,003 (2011 census)
• Density	3,580/km2 (9,272/sq mi)
Established	1927
Postcode(s)	2199
Area	4.47 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Location	20 km (12 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Canterbury-Bankstown Council
State electorate(s)	Bankstown
Federal Division(s)	Blaxland
Suburbs around Yagoona: Sefton Birrong Chullora Bass Hill Yagoona Greenacre Georges Hall Condell Park Bankstown

Yagoona, a suburb of local government area Canterbury-Bankstown Council, is located 20 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the South-western Sydney region. Yagoona is an Aboriginal word meaning 'now' or 'today'.

Yagoona was site of the first McDonald's restaurant to open in Australia in 1971.

Before European settlement, the area was originally occupied by the Bediagal people.

The area now known as Yagoona, Bass Hill, and north Bankstown was once known as Irish Town, due to the high concentration of Irish rebels transported here from Ireland in the late 1700s. Land grants were issued to Irish families and finally the suburb of Yagoona was created in 1927. St Matthew's Anglican Church was built on Liverpool Road (now Hume Highway) in 1861 to cater for the Protestants of the district as well as to function as a school.

The main commercial area is located on the Hume Highway (Liverpool Road), near Yagoona railway station. In 1963, the Westfield Group built a supermarket on a vacant lot on the highway; the store opened as Coles New World, later became Franklins, and then IGA. Yagoona was home to the first McDonald's restaurant in Australia, opened in 1971, but it closed in 1994.