St George, New South Wales

St George, New South Wales

St. George Area (also known as St. George District or St. George Region) is an unofficial name applied to a group of southern suburbs in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The area includes all the suburbs in the local government areas of the City of Hurstville, the City of Rockdale and the Municipality of Kogarah. The eastern boundary of the district is Lady Robinson Beach on Botany Bay.

History

Aborigines

The first inhabitants of the St George area were Australian Aborigines. At the time of the arrival of the First Fleet, the Eora tribe inhabited land from Port Jackson to Botany Bay and the Georges River. ["Pictorial Memories ST. GEORGE: Rockdale, Kogarah, Hurstville" Joan Lawrence, Kingsclear Books, 1996, Published in Australia ISBN 0-908272-45-6] There is evidence to suggest that these people belonged to the Gweagal, Bidjigal and Cadigal clans. ["A Village Called Arncliffe" by Ron Rathbone, Wild and Woolley, 1997, Published in Australia ISBN 0-646-32627-9 ]

European Settlement

James Cook sailed the HMS "Endeavour" into Botany Bay in 1770 for his first landing on the continent of Australia. Captain Arthur Phillip led the First Fleet into the bay on 18 January 1788 to found a penal colony there but found the sandy infertile soil disappointing and moved the site of the settlement north to the natural harbor of Port Jackson.The ridge between the Cooks River and Georges River was covered in a dense forest which first attracted timber cutters to the area. Wood gatherers, bark collectors, sawyers and charcoal burners moved into the area to work the forests of Simeon Lord and supply Sydney’s timber needs. By the 1840s, Major Mitchell was building the Illawarra Road (now Forest Road) on the ridge through ‘Lord’s Bush’, which required enormous amounts of trees and bush to be cleared. Irishman Michael Gannon was innkeeper at Cooks River in the 1840s. He acquired land in the area, part of which became known as ‘Gannons Forest’ which later was the centre of Hurstville. By 1851 it was estimated that 50 to 100 carts of timber and lime crossed the Cooks River daily. ["Pictorial Memories ST. GEORGE: Rockdale, Kogarah, Hurstville" Joan Lawrence, Kingsclear Books, 1996, Published in Australia ISBN 0-908272-45-6]

St. George Parish was one of the original parishes within Cumberland County. There were eight other parishes named after saints; but St. George and St. James are the only ones which are widely known today. [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=TRjLjzqbIt Extract - Geographical Names Board ] ] A map of the parish revealed that the land was cup into areas ranging from 30 to 500 acres and a few large land grants of 2,000 acres. The recipients were William Packer, Josh Thorp, James Oatley, Hannah Laycock, F.W. Unwin, Reuben and David Hannam, Patrick Moore, J. Beehag, John Porter and the larger grants were James Chandler and John and Robert Townson. ["Pictorial Memories ST. GEORGE: Rockdale, Kogarah, Hurstville" Joan Lawrence, Kingsclear Books, 1996, Published in Australia ISBN 0-908272-45-6]

The regional identity was reinforced by the creation in 1949 of a federal electorate, the Division of St George, in the area. The Division was abolished in 1993. The area's identity is maintained mostly through the St George Illawarra Dragons who play in the National Rugby League, and the St. George Bank.

Suburbs in the St George area

Commercial Areas

The biggest commercial areas in the St George area are located at Hurstville, Kogarah and Rockdale. Hurstville is the largest central business district in southern Sydney and features a large shopping centre called Westfield Hurstville.

t George name

Several major local institutions have 'St. George' in their title:
* St. George Asian Business Association.
* St. George Bank
* St George Cabs
* St George College, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute
* St George Community College
* St George Crows AFC
* St George Dragons District Junior Rugby League
* St. George Girls High School
* St George Christian School
* St. George Hospital
* St George Illawarra Dragons (Rugby League Team)
* St George Motor Boat Club
* St George Rowing Club
* St George Rugby Union Club
* St George Sailing Club
* St. George Soccer Football Association
* St George and Sutherland Shire Leader newspaper

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