Kangaroo Point, New South Wales

This article is about the suburb in Sutherland Shire. For the point of land in the suburb of Brooklyn, see Brooklyn, New South Wales § Kangaroo Point.

Kangaroo Point
Sydney, New South Wales

Kangaroo Point, view from Oyster Bay

Population

576 (2011 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

2224

Location

22 km (14 mi) south of Sydney CBD

LGA(s)

Sutherland Shire

State electorate(s)

Electoral district of Miranda

Federal Division(s)

Cook

Suburbs around Kangaroo Point:
Connells Point	Kyle Bay	Blakehurst
Oyster Bay	Kangaroo Point	Sylvania
Kareela	Sylvania Heights	Sylvania

Kangaroo Point, view from Oyster Bay

Kangaroo Point is a tiny suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 22 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.

Kangaroo Point takes its name from the peninsula which sits on the southern bank of the Georges River. It is completely surrounded by the suburb of Sylvania which it was originally part of and still shares the same postcode. The suburbs of Kareela and Oyster Bay are located opposite the waterway of Oyster Bay. Blakehurst, Kyle Bay and Connells Point are located opposite the Georges River.

History

The traditional owners of Kangaroo Point peninsula are the Dharawal Aboriginal people and their archaeological heritage is evident on the peninsula with middens and rockshelters. After European settlement, the peninsula was acquired by John Connell Laycock as a Crown grant. Thomas Holt, a prominent landowner, financier and politician, bought it a few years later along with 13,000 acres (53 km²) across St George and Sutherland Shire. Insurance broker Wynn Roberts took over in 1910 before it was subdivided in 1916. The area used to be regarded as part of Sylvania because it was mostly vacant bushland.^[2]

Population

Demographics

According to the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population, there were 572 people usually resident in Kangaroo Point. 22.5% stated they were born overseas with the top countries of birth being Lebanon 5.0%, Greece 51.3% and Hong Kong. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 67.1% of residents and the most common other languages spoken were Greek 59.1%, Cantonese 4.5% and Arabic 4.0%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.6%, Anglican 21.3% and Orthodox 16.6%. ^[1]

Notable residents

Angus Young, guitarist and founding member of AC/DC

House, 8 Kangaroo Point Road
House, 10–12 Kangaroo Point Road
House, 25 Kangaroo Point Road

References

1 2 http://info.id.com.au/dosydney/default.aspx?pg=1&gid=3130
↑ St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, 9 June 2009

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Coordinates: 34°00′07″S 151°05′46″E / 34.002°S 151.096°E / -34.002; 151.096

Suburbs and localities within the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, Sydney

Suburbs	Alfords Point Bangor Barden Ridge Bundeena Bonnet Bay Burraneer Caringbah Caringbah South Como Cronulla Dolans Bay Engadine Grays Point Greenhills Beach Gymea Gymea Bay Heathcote Illawong Jannali Kangaroo Point Kareela Kirrawee Kurnell Lilli Pilli Loftus Lucas Heights Maianbar Menai Miranda Oyster Bay Port Hacking Sandy Point Sutherland Sylvania Sylvania Waters Taren Point Waterfall Woolooware Woronora Woronora Heights Yarrawarrah Yowie Bay

Localities	Audley Bate Bay Caravan Head Como West Cronulla Beach Cronulla sand dunes Elouera Beach Garie Beach Gundamaian Gunnamatta Bay North Cronulla Beach North Engadine Royal National Park Shelly Beach Sylvania Heights Towra Point Wanda Beach Warumbul Wattamolla

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