Woolooware, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Woolooware
city = Sydney
state = nsw

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caption = Wills Road, Woolooware
lga = Sutherland Shire
postcode = 2230
pop = 7,155 (2006 Census)
area =
est =
propval =
stategov = Cronulla
fedgov = Cook
dist1 = 24
dir1 = south
location1= Sydney CBD
near-nw = Sans Souci
near-n = Sandringham
near-ne = Kurnell
near-w = Caringbah
near-e = Cronulla
near-sw = Burraneer
near-s = Maianbar
near-se = Bundeena

Woolooware is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woolooware is located 24 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. It shares the 2230 postcode with Cronulla.

Woolooware stretches from Woolooware Bay in the north to Burraneer Bay and Gunnamatta Bay in the south, on Port Hacking estuary. It borders the suburbs of Cronulla, Caringbah, Burraneer and Kurnell.

History

Woolooware is derived from an Aboriginal word "wooloowa", meaning "a muddy track". That was an appropriate description for the original Woolooware Road that ran from Port Hacking, along Burraneer Point to the Kingsway. Surveyor Robert Dixon altered the name, when he created the suburb of Woolooware in 1927.

It was originally a thickly forested area, with mangrove swamps around Woolooware Bay. Those were later reclaimed to create parks and playing fields including Endeavour Field, Woolooware Golf Course and Cronulla Golf Course. The area was subdivided after the railway line from Sutherland to Cronulla was opened in 1939. The first public school opened in 1951 and the post office opened in October 1954. [ "The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8 ]

Commercial Area

A small group of shops, known locally as Woolooware North, is located on Wills Road, close to Woolooware railway station. Shops include a general store, liquor shop, hairdressers, gift shop, cafe, doctor's surgery and Chinese restaurant. Another small group of shops, known locally as Woolooware South, is located around the intersection of Burraneer Bay Road and Gannons Road. These shops, include a fish and chip shop, restaurant, chemist, bakery and general store. A petrol station is also located nearby.

Transport

Woolooware railway station is on the Cronulla branch line of the City Rail Illawarra line. The station has a playground. All services are double deck electric trains of four to six carriages depending on hour. BusLink provides bus services from Cronulla to Westfield Miranda. The main roads of Woolooware are Gannons Road, going south from Kingsway, Kingsway which goes in an east-west direction south of the railway, Endeavour Drive to the north which connects Woolooware to Kurnell and Miranda, and Burraneer Bay Road to the bay of its namesake.

chools

Woolooware is home to a number of primary and secondary schools. Woolooware Public School is located in Wills Road. Burraneer Bay Public School is located at the southern edge of the suburb on Gannons Road near the small shop area. It is accessed via three entry points, one to the south, one on Gannons Road and one to the north via a short path. The high schools located here are Woolooware High School, De La Salle College and Our Lady of Mercy College.

port and Recreation

Woolooware is home to the National Rugby League team, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. The home ground, Toyota Park (formerly known as Endeavour Field) sits beside the leagues club, known as Sharkies, on Captain Cook Drive.

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