Taren Point is a small suburb, in

southern Sydney Southern Sydney is the southern metropolitan area of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Southern Sydney includes the suburbs in the local government areas of Georges River Council and part of Bayside Council (collectively know ...

, in the state of

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, Australia 20 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area 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 ...

. Surrounded by the suburbs of Sylvania Waters and Caringbah, Taren Point is on the peninsula where the Captain Cook Bridge crosses north over the Georges River to Sans Souci, in the St George area. It contains a mix of residential, commercial and some industrial areas. The residential area is located along the bank of the Georges River, at the mouth of

Botany Bay Botany Bay (Dharawal: ''Kamay''), an open oceanic embayment, is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, south of the Sydney central business district. Its source is the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and the Cook ...

. Most of the commercial and industrial areas are centred on Taren Point Road and to the east towards Woolooware Bay.

History

Taren Point was originally called Comyns Point, then Cummins Point and later Commins Point, believed to be after a local resident. The origins of Taren Point are also unclear. Thomas Holt (1811–88) owned the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla and his name is commemorated with Holt Road. There was a

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outbreak in Taren Point in 2010, which was controlled by 2014. No cane toads have been identified in the area since.

Landmarks

* Taren Point Public School * Gwawley Oval, home of Taren Point Touch Football Association * Woolooware Shores

Anglican Retirement Villages, Diocese of Sydney Anglican Retirement Villages, Diocese of Sydney (ARV) was a not-for-profit public benevolent institution formed in 1959. This inception date places ARV as one of the founding entities of the social service now referred to as retirement or seniors ...

* Apsley Field, home ground of the Giants Baseball Club * Taren Point Bowling Club, home of the Taren Point Power

Commercial area

Commercial developments include

Winning Appliances Winning Appliances is a fourth-generation Australian family-owned kitchen and laundry specialist. The company operates fifteen showrooms across Australia, seven of which are in New South Wales, two in Queensland, two in Victoria, three in Weste ...

, Harvey Norman Business Centre, Flower Power,

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bus depot, The Rec Club. In the 1990s, shops specialising in hardware, furniture, bulky goods and electrical goods drew customers to the industrial area of Taren Point.

Population

According to the , there were 1,681 people usually resident in Taren Point. 73.3% stated they were born in Australia with the top overseas countries of birth being England (4.6)%, Greece (2.1%) and China (1.4%). English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 74.6% of residents and the most common other languages spoken were Greek (8.6%), Cantonese (1.8%), Arabic (1.7%) and Italian (1.6%). The most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican (30.6%),

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(22.7%) and Orthodox (14.2%).

Gallery

File:TarenPoint2.JPG, Old school house, Taren Point Public School File:TarenPoint4.jpg, Taren Point commercial development File:TarenPoint3.jpg, Flower Power, Taren Point Road

References

{{Sydney Sutherland suburbs Suburbs of Sydney Botany Bay Sutherland Shire