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Population, there were 10,479 people usually resident in Sylvania. 72.1% stated they were Australian-born. 2.8% were born in England, 3.4% in China (excluding Taiwan), 1.4% in New Zealand and 1.6% in Greece. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 70.2% of residents and the most
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The native vegetation of the suburb is now fast disappearing, as a result of increased development. Thomas Holt built
Sutherland House on the foreshore of Gwawley Bay in 1818, on the eastern side of Sylvania. He established the Sutherland Estate Company in 1881 and a village grew here, with a post
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Sylvania Waters was 'reclaimed' from Gwawley Bay, effectively destroying the highly integrated mangrove flora of the bay. Sylvania Waters Estate was developed by
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In 1913, the 3-hectare (7.4-acre) area bounded by
Florida Street, Harrow Street, Mowbray Street and Illawarra Road (now the Princes Highway) was known as the Swastika Estate.
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in the 1960s; land offered had water frontages with boating facilities. Streets were named after
Australian rivers to emphasise the association with water, such as
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Shopping Centre is located on the corner of the Princes Highway and Port Hacking Road. The shopping centre adjoins The Crest Hotel Sylvania and a
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office opening in 1883. The school opened in 1884 but closed in 1891 and was not reopened until 1925. Sylvania
Heights Public School opened in 1955.
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472:Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church
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658:"2016 Census Quickstats: Sylvania"
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238:Sydney central business district
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514:12.9% and Uniting Church 4.1%.
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645:http://www.shiregatewayuca.org
432:Sylvania Heights Public School
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251:and Port Hacking Road.
1127:List of Sydney suburbs
713:34.01253°S 151.10604°E
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81:Postcode(s)
73:2016 census
1140:Categories
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1094:Gundamaian
995:Localities
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941:Sutherland
926:Oyster Bay
831:Dolans Bay
801:Bonnet Bay
701:34°00′45″S
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555:References
413:Blakehurst
378:McDonald's
326:Hawkesbury
314:Shoalhaven
310:L.J.Hooker
170:Blakehurst
103:Sydney CBD
68:Population
1064:Como West
986:Yowie Bay
961:Waterfall
861:Heathcote
856:Gymea Bay
811:Caringbah
806:Burraneer
417:St George
415:, in the
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395:Transport
234:Australia
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1099:Warumbul
1047:Bate Bay
971:Woronora
946:Sylvania
911:Maianbar
886:Kirrawee
866:Illawong
836:Engadine
826:Cronulla
796:Bundeena
582:15 March
512:Orthodox
508:Anglican
504:Catholic
445:Churches
277:Dharawal
218:Sylvania
192:Kirrawee
181:Sylvania
98:Location
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1002:Beaches
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871:Jannali
774:Suburbs
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427:Schools
267:History
240:in the
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177:Kareela
160:Jannali
151:Suburbs
127:Miranda
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901:Loftus
786:Bangor
767:Sydney
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222:suburb
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851:Gymea
318:Tweed
292:sylva
220:is a
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