Yarrawarrah, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Yarrawarrah
city = Sydney
state = NSW

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caption = Yarrawarrah Shopping Village, Old Bush Road
lga = Sutherland Shire
postcode = 2233
pop =
area =
propval =
est = 1971
stategov = Heathcote
fedgov = Hughes
near-nw = North Engadine | near-n = Loftus
near-ne = Loftus
near-w = Engadine
near-e =
near-sw = Engadine
near-s =
near-se = "The Royal National Park"
dist1 = 32
dir1 = south
location1= Sydney CBD

Yarrawarrah is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Yarrawarrah is located 32 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. The postcode is 2233, which it shares with neighbouring Engadine.

Yarrawarrah borders the Royal National Park and contains many pockets of bushland. It is a hilly suburb stretching to the valley of Engadine. Yarrawarrah contains many streets named after places in Western Australia, including Wittenoom Place, Roebourne Street, Carnarvon Street.

Yarrawarrah contains a small shopping village with a Windmill, one of its greatest landmarks, which has been a part of Yarrawarrah’s heritage for some time.Yarrawarrah features its own primary school - Yarrawarrah Public School, located on Old Bush Road.

History

Yarrawarrah is an Aboriginal word meaning "mountain ash". The suburb was officially recognised by the Geographical Names Board in 1971. [http://www.sutherland.nsw.gov.au/ssc/rwpattach.nsf/viewasattachmentPersonal/shire_placenames_20041008.pdf/$file/shire_placenames_20041008.pdf History of Sutherland Shire Placenames]

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