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Kogarah Bay

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Georges River Council NSW, PO Box 205, Kogarah Bay, NSW 2217
02 9330 6400

Description

Kogarah Bay is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 16 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district.

Kogarah Bay is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 16 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. It is part of the St George area. Kogarah Bay is in the local government area of the Georges River Council.

Kogarah Bay takes its name from the small bay on the northern shore of the Georges River. The suburb is surrounded by the suburbs of Carss Park, Blakehurst, Carlton, Beverley Park and Sans Souci. A small group of shops is located on the intersection of Park Road and the Princes Highway.

History

Kogarah is from an aboriginal word meaning rushes or place of reeds. It had also been written as 'coggera' or 'cogerah' but the current spelling was settled when the railway line came through the area in the 1880s. Kogarah Bay and Beverley Park were originally part of the suburb of Kogarah.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 0.665 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 22 m

Population number: 2,022

Local Government Area: Georges River Council

Location

Georges River Council NSW, PO Box 205, Kogarah Bay, NSW 2217

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Kogarah Bay, New South Wales

Kogarah Bay - Localista

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