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Connells Point, New South Wales
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| Connells Point Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Connells Point, Sydney |
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| Population: | 2,854 (2001) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2221 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=%20
$557,000&suburb=Connells%20Point&postcode=2221 AU$1,555,500] (2007) |
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| Location: | 20 km from Sydney | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Municipality of Kogarah | ||||||||||||
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Connells Point is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 20km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of in the local government area of the Municipality of Kogarah, in the St George area. The postcode is 2221.
Connells Point takes its name from the geographical formation beside Connells Bay, on the Georges River. It is a small, picturesque suburb surrounded by the suburbs of Hurstville Grove and South Hurstville, Blakehurst and Kyle Bay.
The main feeder road into the suburb starts at Woniora Road Hurstville, passes through South Hurstville at King Georges Road and then to Connells Point. It is appropriately named "Connells Point Road" and follows through the centre of the locality.
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Connells Point and Connells Bay were named after Charles Daniel O'Connell who held land in the area. Connells Bay was originally called O'Connells Bay. In the early days, the bay was used for ship-building. Connells Point Public School was opened in 1933.
- Donnelly Park
- Poulton Park
- Connells Bay, Connells Point, Oatley Bay
- Connells Point Sailing Club
- Connells Point Public School
Connells Point has its own football club called the Connells Point Rovers, who currently play in the St. George Soccer Football Association. Their home ground is Poulton Park.
The Connells Point Sailing Club is located in Donnelly Park, on the shore of Connells Bay.
Adjacent to the Connells Point Sailing Club is the 1st Kyle Bay Sea Scout Hall.
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs and localities within the Municipality of Kogarah | St George | Sydney |
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Allawah | Beverley Park | Blakehurst | Carlton | Carss Park | Connells Point | Hurstville Grove | Hurstville South | Kogarah | Kogarah Bay | Kyle Bay |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
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