Yowie Bay, New South Wales

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Yowie Bay is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Yowie Bay is located 24km south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.

Yowie Bay takes its name from the small bay on the north shore of the Port Hacking estuary (also known locally as the Port Hacking River). It is completely surrounded by the suburb of Miranda and shares the postcode of 2228. It is mostly residential and contains one school, Yowie Bay Public School.

Other nearby suburbs include Caringbah which is located to the east, across the other side of Yowie Bay and the suburb of Gymea Bay to the west, across the bay of the same name.

Yowie is an Aboriginal name meaning 'place of echoes'. There appears to be no relationship to the mythical Australian creature called a Yowie.

Land in the area was originally released as the Village of Weerona in 1889. The name 'Ewey Bay' was also recognised by the electoral office and post office in the early days. It has been suggested that the name is a corruption of 'ewes' (female sheep). Yowie Bay was named by Surveyor Dixon in 1827. The suburb was officially assigned the name in 1973 by the Geographical Names Board.

The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
* Sutherland Shire place names

Coordinates: -34.04977° 151.10334°