Eastgardens is a
suburb
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in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales
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,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. Eastgardens is located 9 km south of the
Sydney central business district
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and is part of the
Bayside Council
Bayside Council is a local government in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Sydney, around part of Botany Bay, to south of the CBD. It includes suburbs of South Sydney and the St George area separated by the Cooks River. It compris ...
.
It has a large shopping centre,
Westfield Eastgardens
Westfield Eastgardens is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Eastgardens in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
Transport
Westfield Eastgardens has bus connections to the Sydney CBD, Eastern Suburbs, Inner City and Inner West, as well as l ...
at the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Bunnerong Road.
Eastgardens is surrounded by the suburbs of
Pagewood
Pagewood is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 8 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. It is part of the Bayside Council.
Pagewood has a mixture of residential and industrial areas.
H ...
,
Maroubra,
Hillsdale and
Banksmeadow
Banksmeadow is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Banksmeadow is located 11 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Bayside Council. Banksmeadow sits on the nort ...
.
History
Eastgardens was originally a part of the suburbs of Pagewood and Hillsdale. The suburb took its name from the
Westfield Eastgardens
Westfield Eastgardens is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Eastgardens in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
Transport
Westfield Eastgardens has bus connections to the Sydney CBD, Eastern Suburbs, Inner City and Inner West, as well as l ...
shopping centre in Wentworth Avenue which opened in 1987. The site was originally government owned land which was used as an
Urban Transit Authority
The Urban Transit Authority, a former statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales, was responsible for the operation and maintenance of buses and ferries in Sydney and Newcastle from July 1980 until January 1989.
History
The Urban ...
bus depot and also as a
Holden
Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. It was an Australian automobile manufacturer, importer, and exporter which sold cars under its own marque in Australia. In its last thre ...
car manufacturing plant.
[''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, ]Angus & Robertson
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, 1990, Published in Australia
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 860 people in Eastgardens. 56.3% of people were born in Australia and 52.9% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religious affiliation were "Catholic" (38.3%) and "No Religion" (18.3%).
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References
External links
{{Sydney Bayside suburbs
Suburbs of Sydney
Bayside Council