Lugarno, New South Wales

Lugarno, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Lugarno
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = Forest Road, Lugarno
lga =City of Hurstville
postcode = 2210
pop =
area =
propval =
est =
stategov = Electoral district of Oatley
fedgov = Division of Banks
near-nw = Padstow Heights
near-n = Peakhurst
near-ne = Peakhurst Heights
near-w = Alfords Point
near-e = Oatley
near-sw = Illawong
near-s = Illawong
near-se = Illawong
dist1 = 23
dir1 = south
location1= Sydney CBD

Lugarno is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lugarno is located 23 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Hurstville and is part of the St George area.

Situated on the northern bank of the Georges River, Lugarno is known for its large areas of bushland. Peakhurst and Peakhurst Heights, to the north, are the only adjacent suburbs. Nearby suburbs include Alfords Point, Illawong (on the other side of the Georges River), Padstow Heights (on the other side of Salt Pan Creek) and Oatley (on the other side of Lime Kiln Bay).

History

Lugarno was named after Lake Lugano, Switzerland by surveyors Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855) and William Govett (1807-1848) in 1843. An extra 'r' was added for the suburb name. Thomas Lawrence was granted convert|120|acre|km2 of land in 1831, on the western side of the peninsula near Salt Pan Creek. Land grants to the east and north were made in 1856 to T.G.Lee with convert|113|acre|km2, Frewin Sleath with 45 acres, John Lushy with 41 acres and J.P. Henning with 40 acres. [The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 158]

The whole area between Arncliffe and Lugarno was originally heavily timbered. Illawarra Road was built by convicts in 1841 and it ran through Gannon’s Forest, down to the Georges River. The road from Arncliffe was later known as Gannon's Forest Road and today is known as Forest Road. The name has been retained in Old Illawarra Road, over the river in Menai and Lucas Heights.

A punt operated from Lugarno across the river from 1843. The suburb was developed into mainly residential in the 1960s when land was released for home sites. Alfords Point Bridge was opened in 1973.

Lugarno suffered critical problems during the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983, the 1996 bushfires and the Christmas 2001/Summer 2002 bushfires.

Parks and Waterways

* Georges River National Park, CF Williams Reserve, HV Evatt Park
* Georges River, Salt Pan Creek, Soily Bottom Point, Gertrude Point, Edith Bay, Boggywell Creek, Lime Kiln Bay

Churches

St Stephens Anglican Church, Lugarno-Peakhurst Uniting Church, Georges River Community Church (Baptist) - currently meeting Lugarno Public School during a relocation to a factory site in Peakhurst. The Church of Samoa Parish of Sydney meets in the former Baptist Church facility.

Commercial Area

Lugarno has two small sets of shops. At Chiver's Hill shops you have a newsagency, supermarket, deli, chemist, restaurants, florist, chicken shop, bakery and a hardware shop. Lime Kiln shops has a restaurant, doctors sugery, video shop, real estate agent, hairdresses and a sub newsagent.

port and Recreation

Lugarno has a soccer team and its home ground is at Gannons Park. Lugarno and Peakhurst share a Baseball team St. George Junior Baseball Club and its home ground is Evatt Park. Lugarno has a cricket team which also has its home ground at Evatt Park. Pamela Hanna from the Lugarno-Peakhurst Uniting Church is the founder and organizer of the local netball competition which takes place at Olds Park, Peakhurst.

References

External links

* [http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/lts.html National Trust Lugarno Tree Study]


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