Beverley Park is a

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southern Sydney Southern Sydney is the southern metropolitan area of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Southern Sydney includes the suburbs in the local government areas of Georges River Council and part of Bayside Council (collectively known ...

, in the state of

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. Beverley Park is located 15 kilometres south of the

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, in the

Georges River Council Georges River Council is a local government area located in the St George region of Sydney located south of the CBD, in New South Wales, Australia. The Council was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of the Kogarah City Council and Hurstvi ...

and is part of the St George area. Beverley Park is surrounded by the suburbs

Kogarah Bay 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, New South Wales, St George area. Kogarah Bay is in the Local govern ...

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and Sans Souci. It is a predominantly residential area around a large recreational area, Beverley Park Golf Course. It has a few commercial developments scattered along its borders on the

Princes Highway Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former ...

and Rocky Point Road.

History

Beverley Park and Kogarah Bay were originally part of the suburb of Kogarah. The area had been originally known as Townson's Bay and then Koggorah. Kogarah and Kogarah Bay were completely separated from each other by the creation of this new suburb. The suburb took its name from the large recreational park, which includes the Beverley Park Golf Course. Sunnyside is a historic sandstone house on the corner of Princes Highway and Lacey Street, which was originally the home of Matthew Carroll who owned 179 acres on both sides of the swampy headland of Kogarah bay. A Church of England rectory in the 1930s and a private kindergarten and primary school from 1948. It was sold in 1958 and converted into a rooming house until 1993 when it became a private residence again.

Population

According to the

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of population, there were 2,393 people usually resident in Beverley Park. 38.4% of residents stated they were born overseas with the top countries of birth being Greece 4.9%, China 4.5%, and England 1.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 50.8% of residents and the most common other languages spoken were Greek 15.3%, Arabic 5.1%, and Mandarin 3.3%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were

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28.9%,

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24.1%, and No Religion 15.0%.

Sport and recreation

The

St George Saint George (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin language, Latin: Georgius, Arabic language, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christians, Christian who is venerated as a sa ...

Leagues Club is located on Princes Highway. Beverley Park Golf Club covers a large percentage of this suburb's area. Image: BeverleyPark2.JPG, Beverley Park Golf Course Image: BeverleyPark.JPG, Sunnyside, Princes Highway

References

External links

* C-By-SA {{Sydney Georges River Council suburbs Suburbs of Sydney Georges River Council