| South Hurstville Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Postcode: | 2221 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 18 km (11 mi) south of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Kogarah | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Kogarah | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Banks | ||||||||||||
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South Hurstville is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. South Hurstville is located 18 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. South Hurstville is in the local government area of the Municipality of Kogarah. Hurstville and Hurstville Grove are separate neighbouring suburbs.
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The Hurstville area was granted to Captain John Townson and his brother Robert Townson in 1808.[1] Captain John Townson was granted 1,950 acres (7.9 km2) which was on the land now occupied by the suburb of Hurstville and parts of Bexley. Robert Townson was granted the land which is now occupied by Penshurst, Mortdale and parts of Peakhurst. The next year Captain John Townson was granted an additional 250 acres (1.0 km2) in the area now occupied by Kingsgrove and Beverly Hills. However, the Townson brothers were not happy with the heavily timbered land that they were given because it was not suitable for the farming of sheep for wool. It is likely that the brothers never occupied their land.
The land was sold to a wealthy merchant named Simeon Lord (1771-1840) in 1812, who called his land Lord's Bush. When Simeon Lord died the land became the property of John Rose Holden and James Holt of the Bank of NSW. The land was sold to Michael Gannon (1800-61) in 1850 and became known as Gannon's Forest. The Gannons Forest post office opened in 1881. The local school was known as Hurstville by School Inspector MacIntyre in 1876. When the railway arrived in 1884, the station took the name Hurstville from the school. Hurstville municipality was incorporated in 1887.[2]
South Hurstville is a mainly residential area with a few commercial developments, mostly located on King Georges Road. A shopping strip is located on King Georges Road around the intersection of Connells Point Road. The Kings Head Tavern is a well-known landmark on one of the corners. A Franklins supermarket, McDonald's restaurant, hardware and another small shopping strip are accessible from Greenacre Road. Some of the landmark buildings of the past such as banks and picture theatre have found new uses as office space and a video shop.
St. Raphaels Catholic Primary School is in George Street. Hurstville South Public School is in Maher Street.
Veolia Transport runs services through South Hurstville. Routes 970 & 971 Miranda via Sylvania Heights and Sylvania Heights to Hurstville. Route 959 from Bald Face at Blakehurst to Hurstville. Punchbowl Bus Company runs Route 953 Hurstville via Kyle Bay, Connells Point and South Hurstville (Loop service).
According to the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population, there were 4,510 residents in South Hurstville. 38.4% stated they were born overseas with the top countries of birth being China 9.1%, Lebanon 3.3% and Hong Kong 3.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 48.0% of residents and the most common other languages spoken were Cantonese 9.8% and Arabic 8.2% and Greek 6.6%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 13.5% and Orthodox 12.7%.[4]
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