Hurlstone Park, New South Wales
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| Hurlstone Park Sydney, New South Wales |
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 NASA image of Sydney's CBD and inner west suburbs, with borders of Hurlstone Park shown in orange |
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| Population: | 5,013 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2193 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 10 km from Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Canterbury | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Canterbury | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Grayndler | ||||||||||||
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Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hurlstone Park is located 10 km south-west of the Sydney central business district on the northern bank of the Cooks River. Hurlstone Park is mostly in the local government area of the City of Canterbury and partly in the Municipality of Ashfield. The postcode is 2193.
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[edit] History
Previously known as 'Wattle Hill' and then 'Fernhill'. After the Postmaster-General's Department refused to open a post office called Fernhill, a 1910 referendum chose the name 'Hurlstone', after the nearby Hurlstone College. John Kinloch founded the college in 1878, on the site of present-day Trinity College and named it after his mother's maiden name, which was Helen Hurlstone. The college moved to a new site, now known as Hurlstone Agricultural High School. The 'Park' was added at the request of the Railways Department, to avoid confusion with the New South Wales town of Hillston.
[edit] Residents
According to the 2001 census, Hurlstone Park had around 5,000 residents. Like its neighbours Marrickville and Canterbury, Hursltone Park has a substantial number of residents who were born in Greece (6.7%), Lebanon (3.4%) and Italy (3.3%).[1]
[edit] Transport
Hurlstone Park railway station is a CityRail railway station on the Bankstown Line, located 8.8 km from Central station.
Hurlstone Park has three bus routes going through it. Though this may seem like very limited transport for an inner-west suburb, it seems adequate for a small suburb such as Hurlstone Park.
[edit] Land Use
Hurlstone Park is a predominantly residential suburb. The majority of the residential land in Hurlstone Park is single dwelling housing (houses). Only a small proportion of the residential land is multiple dwelling housing (units or townhouses).
Most of the land used for commercial purposes is located along Crinan Street and around Hurlstone Park Station or along each side of the corner of Canterbury Road and New Canterbury Road. The Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club is located on Canterbury Road. This is a well-known entertainment venue across Sydney, attracting many Australian and International performers. There are three other 'clubs' in Hurlstone Park: the Hurlstone Park Bowling Club in Marcia Street, the Soccer Club in Tennent Parade and the Hurlstone Park Hotel on New Canterbury Road. There are also a couple of restaurants in the suburb, one amongst the Crinan Street shops and another on New Canterbury Road.
The rest of the commercially used land in Hurlstone Park is made up of various shops, ranging from fast food outlets and milk bars to a couple of petrol stations and a video store. Hurlstone Park also has two churches and three childcare centres.
For recreation Hurlstone Park contains six small parks and large park, Ewen Park, by the Cooks River. All seven of these parks contain play equipment and Ewen Park also contains tennis courts and a bike track.
[edit] References
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs within the City of Canterbury | South-western Sydney | Sydney |
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Ashbury | Belfield | Belmore | Campsie | Canterbury | Clemton Park | Croydon Park | Earlwood | Hurlstone Park | Kingsgrove | Lakemba | Punchbowl | Riverwood | Roselands | Undercliffe | Wiley Park |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
| Suburbs and localities within the Municipality of Ashfield | Inner West | Sydney |
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Ashbury | Ashfield | Croydon | Dobroyd Point | Haberfield | Hurlstone Park | Summer Hill |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
