South Hurstville, New South Wales

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

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caption = Intersection of King Georges & Connells Point Roads
lga = Municipality of Kogarah
postcode = 2221
pop =
area =
propval =
est =
stategov = Kogarah
fedgov = Division of Barton
near-nw = Hurstville
near-n = Hurstville
near-ne = Allawah
near-w = Hurstville Grove
near-e = Kogarah Bay
near-sw = Connells Point
near-s = Blakehurst
near-se = Carlton
dist1 = 18
dir1 = south
location1= Sydney CBD

South Hurstville is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. South Hurstville is located 18 km 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.

History

The Hurstville area was granted to Captain John Townson and his brother Robert Townson in 1808 [http://www.kogarah.nsw.gov.au/resources/documents/Locality18.pdf] . Captain John Townson was granted 1950 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 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. ["The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8]

Commercial Area

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, 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.

Churches

* St Marks Anglican Church, South Hurstville Uniting Church, South Hurstville Christian Brethren Church, St Rahpael's Catholic Church

chools

St. Raphaels Catholic Primary School is in George Street. Hurstville South Public School is in Maher Street.

Notable Residents

* Myles Plummer, Australian actor and Amateur scrapbooker.
* Mark Yarrah, Winner of South Hurstville Garden of the Year Award 1998-2001, 2004.
* Martin Chun, CEO of Aeroplane Jelly.
* Michael Riley, National Muay Thai Champion.

Landmarks

* South Hurstville Library
* Poulton Park
* South Hurstville RSL

References

External links

* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/26/1072308673527.html?from=storyrhs Kings Head Tavern]