Connells Point, New South Wales

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Connells Point
Sydney, New South Wales

Connells Point, Sydney

Population:

2,854 (2001)

Postcode:

2221

Property Value:

AUD AU$867,500 (2006)

Location:

20 km from Sydney

LGA:

Municipality of Kogarah

Suburbs around Connells Point
Blakehurst	Carss Park	Kyle Bay
South Hurstville	Connells Point	Oatley
Como	Hurstville Grove	Kogarah Bay

Connells Bay, Sydney

Connells Point is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 20km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of in the local government area of the Municipality of Kogarah, in the St George area. The postcode is 2221.

Connells Point takes its name from the geographical formation beside Connells Bay, on the Georges River. It is a small, picturesque suburb surrounded by the suburbs of Hurstville Grove and South Hurstville, Blakehurst and Kyle Bay.

The main feeder road into the suburb starts at Woniora Road Hurstville, passes through South Hurstville at King Georges Road and then to Connells Point. It is appropriately named "Connells Point Road" and follows through the centre of the locality.

1 History
2 Landmarks
3 Recreation
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Connells Point and Connells Bay were named after Charles Daniel O'Connell who held land in the area. Connells Bay was originally called O'Connells Bay. In the early days, the bay was used for ship-building. Connells Point Public School was opened in 1933.

[edit] Landmarks

Donnelly Park
Poulton Park
Connells Bay, Connells Point, Oatley Bay
Connells Point Sailing Club
Connells Point Public School

[edit] Recreation

[edit] Football Club

Connells Point has its own football club called the Connells Point Rovers, who currently play in the St. George Soccer Football Association. Their home ground is Poulton Park.

[edit] Sailing Club

The Connells Point Sailing Club is located in Donnelly Park, on the shore of Connells Bay.

[edit] Scout Hall

Adjacent to the Connells Point Sailing Club is the 1st Kyle Bay Sea Scout Hall.

[edit] References

The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0207144958

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.98246151° 151.10016°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

Suburbs and localities within the Municipality of Kogarah \| St George \| Sydney
Allawah \| Beverley Park \| Blakehurst \| Carlton \| Carss Park \| Connells Point \| Hurstville Grove \| Hurstville South \| Kogarah \| Kogarah Bay \| Kyle Bay
List of Sydney suburbs