Hurlstone Park, New South Wales

Hurlstone Park Sydney, New South Wales
Crinan Street, Hurlstone Park
Population:	5,013 (2001 census)
Postcode:	2193
Location:	10 km (6 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	City of Canterbury, Municipality of Ashfield
State District:	Canterbury
Federal Division:	Grayndler
Suburbs around Hurlstone Park: Ashfield Summer Hill Dulwich Hill Ashbury Hurlstone Park Marrickville Canterbury Earlwood Marrickville South

Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hurlstone Park is located 10 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is mostly in the local government area of the City of Canterbury, and partly in the Municipality of Ashfield. The suburb is bounded by: the Cooks River to the south, Garnet Street to the east, New Canterbury Road to the north, Canterbury Road to the north-west, and Church Street to the west.

History

Previously known as 'Wattle Hill' and then 'Fernhill'. After the Postmaster-General's Department refused to open a post office called Fernhill, a 1910 referendum chose the name 'Hurlstone', after the nearby Hurlstone College. John Kinloch founded the college in 1878, on the site of present-day Trinity Grammar School and named it after his mother's maiden name, which was Helen Hurlstone. The college moved to a new site, now known as Hurlstone Agricultural High School. The 'Park' was added at the request of the Railways Department, to avoid confusion with the New South Wales town of Hillston.

Transport

Hurlstone Park Railway Station

Hurlstone Park railway station is a CityRail station (located 8.8 km from Central station) on the Bankstown line. Sydney Buses provide the following services in Hurlstone Park: the 444, 445, 428, and L28 routes which run along the Canterbury Road and New Canterbury Road boundary; and the 418 and 406 routes which pass through the suburb (along Crinan Street and intersecting with the railway station).

Commercial area

Floss Street, Hurlstone Park

There is a group of shops around Hurlstone Park Station: along Crinan Street and Floss Street. There are also commercial areas along Canterbury Road and New Canterbury Road.

The rest of the commercially-used land in Hurlstone Park is made up of various shops, ranging from fast food outlets and milk bars to a couple of petrol stations. Hurlstone Park also has three childcare centres.

Pubs and clubs

Hurlstone Park contains the following clubs and pubs:

• The Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL club, located on the corner of Canterbury Road and Crinan Street, is an entertainment venue that attracts many Australian and international performers. The club also contains a war memorial chapel.
• The Hurlstone Park Bowling & Recreation Club. Located in Marcia street.
• The Hurlstone Park Hotel, located on the corner of New Canterbury road and Duntroon street, is also known as "Grumpy's".
• The Sydney Olympic Sporting Club was located at 64 Tennent parade. It was demolished in October 2010.

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  Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club

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  Bowling and Recreation Club

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  Hurlstone Park Hotel on New Canterbury Road

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  The Sydney Olympic Sporting Club

Houses

A Victorian/Federation era house on Hopetoun St, Hurlstone Park

Hurlstone Park is a predominantly residential suburb. The majority of the residential land in Hurlstone Park is single dwelling housing ie.detached houses. Only a small proportion of the residential land is multiple dwelling housing such as units or townhouses.

Parks and reserves

Cooks River–A view of the river at the south-east corner of the suburb West-ward view of the inlet known as "Boat Harbour". A reserve in the south-east of Hurlstone Park. East-ward view of Cooks River taken from the Foord street footbridge.

Hurlstone Park includes the following parks and reserves:

• Ewen Park. Located along the Cooks river (in the middle of the southern end of the suburb). It is the largest individual park in the suburb and contains two playing fields that are home to the Hurlstone Park Wanderers soccer club. The fields in Ewen park are also used for cricket in summer.
• Warwick Reserve. Located at the intersection of Church and Canberra streets in the south-west corner of the suburb.
• Euston Reserve. Located at the intersection of Euston and Floss streets, the reserve contains a war memorial.
• Sawyer Reserve. Located at the intersection of Dunstaffenage street and Foord avenue.
• Hurlstone Memorial Reserve. A small reserve located next to the Hurlstone Park Bowling Club (along Crinan Street).
• Burnett Street Reserve. The reserve splits Burnett street into two sections.
• Dick Poole Reserve. A small reserve that joins the end of Barre street with the point where Wallace avenue and Wallace lane meet.
• Moser Reserve. A small reserve on the south side of the railway line in Keir Avenue.
• Fernhill Street Reserve. A small reserve near the northern end of Fernhill street (with lane access to Barton avenue).
• A small reserve at the intersection of Garnet street and Tennent parade (in the south-east corner of the suburb). Located next to the 14th hole of Marrickville golf course, the unnamed reserve contains a cricket practice net and a practice goal post (for soccer and rugby).
• A small reserve on the corner of Crinan and Melford streets. The unnamed reserve is a small grassed area that was opened to the public following the demolition of a single house.
• A green belt along the entire southern border of the suburb. The belt follows the Cooks River and encompasses Ewen park. The Botany Bay cycle way extends for 23 km (with Hurlstone Park being approximately one third of the way from Botany Bay to Ryde). The western part of the belt contains a constructed rectangular inlet of water named Boat Harbour. The eastern part of the belt constitutes part of the 13th and 14th holes of Marrickville Golf Course. There are three foot bridges that cross the Cooks River to the south of the belt: One bridge crosses from the end of Sugar House Road (off Hutton Street), a second bridge crosses from the end of Foord Avenue, and the third bridge crosses near the intersection of Tennent Parade and Burnett Street.

Churches and religion

According to the 2001 census, the main religious affiliations in Hurlstone Park were: Catholic (35.7%), Orthodox (15.3%), No Religion (13.1%), Anglican (8.3%), Buddhism (4.2%), "other" (23.4%).

The suburb contains the following religious establishments:

• St Stephen Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. Located at 650 New Canterbury road.
• Hurlstone Park Uniting Church (Dulwich Hill parish). Located at 8 Melford street, the church provides services in English and Tongan.
• Sydney Revival Fellowship Inc. Located at 83 Dunstaffenage St.
• Siddha Yoga Ashram. Located at 50 Garnet Street.
• Hurlstone Park Vietnamese Baptist Church. Technically, the location of the church (corner of Queen and Griffiths streets) is in the neighbouring suburb of Ashfield (but only by 180 metres).

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  Hurlstone Park Uniting Church

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  St Stephen Greek Orthodox Church

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  Hurlstone Park Vietnamese Baptist Church

Schools

The Edgeware School

Hurlstone Park contains one school. The Edgeware School is an alternative Department of Education facility, mainly for year 9 to 12 students who have been unsuccessful in mainstream schools. It is located in Burnett street (just off Tennett parade).

Population

According to the 2001 census, Hurlstone Park had 5,013 residents. The main countries of birth of the residents were: Australia (50.9%), Greece (6.7%), Lebanon (3.4%), Italy (3.3%), Philippines (2.9%), Portugal (2.9%), and "other" (29.9%). 1.1% of the population of the suburb were classified as Indigenous Persons.

External links

• Canterbury City Council – History of Hurlstone Park