Kareela
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Kareela is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
History
Kareela was the first mixed-use estate developed by Stockland, developed in 1953. The estate was originally called Sylvan Headland. Sylvan Headland changed to Kareela after the estate opened. Script error: No such module "Lang". is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of trees and water' or alternatively 'south wind' or 'wind rider'.[1] The name for the suburb was approved by the Geographical Names Board in 1968. Most of the streets in Kareela are named after outright winners and line-honours winners of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race between 1945 and 1970.[2][3] In 1976, a co-educational, government primary school was opened. It is called Kareela Public School.
Commercial area
Kareela had a small shopping centre, which as of 2013, has undergone major redevelopments. Formerly Kareela Shopping Centre; Kareela Village is a 14 million dollar project which was completed in 2015. The redevelopment includes the addition of specialty shops such as travel agent, medical centre, cafes, fashion shops, restaurants, fruitier, beauty & hair salons plus an early childhood learning centre and homewares as well as above and underground parking. Coles is the supermarket.
Population
According to the Template:CensusAU, there were 3,572 residents in Kareela. 75.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 3.8% and England 3.8%. 79.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.3% and Greek 2.4%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 32.3%, Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 17.7% and Eastern Orthodox 7.0%.[4]
References
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- ↑ http://www.sutherland.nsw.gov.au/ssc/rwpattach.nsf/viewasattachmentPersonal/shire_placenames_20041008.pdf/$file/shire_placenames_20041008.pdf Template:Webarchive History of Sutherland Shire Placenames
- ↑ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia Template:ISBN
- ↑ Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Winners (1945–2005) at http://www.cyca.com.au/sysfile/downloads/Winners%201945%20to%202005.pdf Template:Webarchive
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