| Eastlakes Sydney, New South Wales |
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Clubhouse, Eastlake Golf Club |
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| Population: | 6612 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 0.8 km² (0.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Botany Bay | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Heffron | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Kingsford Smith | ||||||||||||
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Eastlakes is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eastlakes is located 8 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Botany Bay, and is part of the Eastern Suburbs region. Eastlakes is mostly residential with a shopping centre located at Evans Avenue.
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Eastlakes takes its name from the extensive lake system on its southeast and its location in the Eastern Suburbs. The area was once known as Botany Swamps. This was Sydney's third source of water when water was pumped from here to a reservoir in Paddington from 1859.
The lakes were partly reclaimed from the swamp to create the Lakes Golf Course and Sydney Airport extensions. Part of the suburb is on the former site of the Rosebery Racecourse, which was redeveloped in the 1960s into a residential and commercial area.[1] Part of the racecourse area is now the site of a park with a memorial to local soldiers who trained on that site during both world wars.
During the 1990s pressure from local residence, led to the government's alteration of Sydney's flight paths away from Eastlakes, Randwick, Coogee and other eastern suburbs and on to the more industrial inner western suburbs as well as over water, this together with possible effects of the geography around the low lying suburb has meant that despite its closeness to the airport Eastlakes experiences minimal noise.
Eastlakes was one of the suburbs affected by the 1999 Sydney hailstorm which swept across much of Sydney's eastern suburbs and the CBD, causing extensive damage to homes, businesses and vehicles.
Eastlakes Public School began as an infants school in 1938 and was located in a church hall in O'Connor Street. It moved to Florence Avenue in 1944. When Rosebery Racecourse was demolished and the land developed as a residential area, enrolments at the school naturally increased and there was a need for a primary school, so Eastlakes included a primary school from 1979.[2].
The area is served by three churches as of 2009. A LDS Church is located in Mascot Drive. St Stephen's Anglican Church is located in Harry Street. Horner Memorial Hall, King Street, is a chapel in the Federation Carpenter Gothic style, which is used by the Mascot Christian Fellowship.
This area is home to several parks and golf courses. The Lakes Golf course and Eastlake Golf Course fall within the boundaries of the suburb of Eastlakes. Bonnie Doon Golf Course, Mutch Park and Astrolabe Park are located in the adjacent suburb of Pagewood.
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