King Georges Road is a major arterial road in Sydney, Australia, running through the local government areas of 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 Hurs ...

and City of Canterbury-Bankstown. King Georges Road begins at a junction with the Princes Highway at Blakehurst and continues north-west for about 12 kilometres through the suburbs of South Hurstville,

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and

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to Punchbowl, where it becomes Wiley Avenue for a short distance and then Roberts Road. King Georges Road is the southernmost section of the A3, which through various name changes continues to the city's northern beaches area, reaching the coast at Mona Vale.

Former names

King Georges Road was previously known as ''Wiley's Ave'' between Punchbowl Road and Canterbury Road, ''Canary's Road'' between Canterbury Road and Beverly Hills, ''Dumbleton Road'' between

and

, and ''Belmore Road'' between Penshurst and Blakehurst. The new name was proclaimed on 24 September 1952, presumably in honour of the late King George VI who had died the previous February.

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Former names

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