Woronora Heights is a suburb in

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, in the state of

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. Woronora Heights is located 29 kilometres south of the

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, in the

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of the

Sutherland Shire Sutherland Shire is a local government area in the southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland Shire comprises an area of and as at the had an estimated population of . Sutherland Shire is colloquially ...

Woronora Woronora is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woronora is located 27 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Woronora Heights is a ...

is a separate suburb, to the north. Most streets in Woronora Heights are named after birds.

History

Woronora is derived from an Aboriginal word , meaning 'black rock'. It is believed to have been named by Surveyor Dixon in 1828.

Landmarks

Woronora Heights is bounded by the

Woronora River The Woronora River is a Perennial stream, perennial river of the Sydney Basin, located in the Sutherland Shire Local government in Australia, local government area of Sydney, Greater Metropolitan Sydney, approximately south of the Sydney centr ...

in the west, the top of the escarpment in the north and the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board pipeline in the east and south. The Woronora Reservoir is one of the sources of Sydney's water supply. The

Woronora Plateau The Woronora Plateau is a plateau located in New South Wales, Australia. The area is adjacent to the Sydney Plains and is slightly higher in altitude. It is capped with Hawkesbury Sandstone. It is often hotter in summer and colder in winter than ...

, is a geographical region adjacent to the Sydney Plain. Slightly higher in altitude, it is capped with Hawkesbury Sandstone. It is often hotter in summer and colder in winter than Sydney. The Woronora River flows through the deeply dissected plateau to the

Georges River The Georges River, also known as Tucoerah River, is an intermediate tide-dominated drowned valley estuary, located to the south and west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The river travels for approximately in a north and then easterly ...

from near the sources of the

Port Hacking Port Hacking Estuary ( Aboriginal Tharawal language: ''Deeban''), an open youthful tide dominated, drowned valley estuary, is located in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia approximately south of Sydney central business district. Port ...

, within the Sutherland Shire.

Fire trail protests

There have been various protests organised relating to proposals to open the fire trail linking Woronora Heights to the Woronora valley to the north to through traffic. While some residents want the trail to be opened to general traffic, the majority of residents in Woronora Heights and the Woronora valley want to preserve the fire trail for emergency access and to protect the wildlife that use the bushland corridor the fire trail runs through. In 2006 a proposal to open the fire trail for bus access was reviewed by an Independent Hearing and Assessment Panel organised by Sutherland Shire Council. After reviewing submissions from resident groups supporting and opposing the proposal, the Panel agreed unanimously that opening the fire trail to buses is not in the public interest. In the same week, the State Government declared the fire trail area "environmentally protected", making opening the fire trail to buses or other through traffic a prohibited development. In July 2014

Sutherland Shire Council Sutherland Shire is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Southern Sydney, southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland Shire comprises an area of and as at the had an estimated pop ...

confirmed that the fire trail would remain closed to through traffic (except when emergency access is required). This was a unanimous vote by all 15 councillors. However, not all residents agreed.

Sport

Woronora Heights is home to Bosco FC, who play at Woronora Heights Oval.

Transport

Transdev NSW Transdev NSW is a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, operating on behalf of Transport for NSW. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia. It is a different subsidiary to Transdev John Holland, whi ...

operates bus route 993 to

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and Miranda.

References

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