Kogarah Bay is a

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, in the state of

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16 kilometres south of the

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. It is part of the

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area. Kogarah Bay is in the

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of the

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. Kogarah Bay takes its name from the small bay on the northern shore of the

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. The suburb is surrounded by the suburbs of Carss Park,

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, Beverley Park and Sans Souci. A small group of shops is located on the intersection of Park Road and the

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History

Kogarah is from an aboriginal word meaning ''rushes'' or ''place of reeds''. It had also been written as 'coggera' or 'cogerah' but the current spelling was settled when the railway line came through the area in the 1880s. Kogarah Bay and Beverley Park were originally part of the suburb of

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.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia , page 142

Parks

* Harold Frazer Reserve * Parkside Drive Reserve

Churches

* Kogarah Bay Congregational Church

Population

According to the 2016

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of Population, there were 2,022 people usually resident in Kogarah Bay. 66.4% of people were born in Australia. 50.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 14.0%, Arabic 6.9% and Cantonese 5.2%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.7%, Eastern Orthodox 24.2%, No Religion 14.1% and Anglican 8.2%.

References

{{Bays of New South Wales , state=autocollapse Suburbs of Sydney Bays of New South Wales Georges River Council