Gymea Bay Sunset
Gymea may refer to: *Gymea, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia *Gymea Bay, New South Wales, an adjacent suburb *the Gymea Lily ''Doryanthes excelsa'', commonly known as the gymea lily, is a flowering plant in the Family (biology), family Doryanthaceae that is Endemism, endemic to coastal areas of New South Wales near Sydney. It has sword-like leaves more than long an ...

Gymea, New South Wales
Gymea is a suburb in southern Sydney, Australia. Gymea is south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. The postcode is 2227, which it shares with adjacent suburb Gymea Bay. History The Gymea Lily, ''Doryanthes excelsa'' is a 6m tall perennial that is prevalent in the area. It was named by the local Dharawal people as ''kai'mia'' in the Dharawal language. This word became the inspiration for the suburb's name, by government surveyor W.A.B. Geaves in 1855. The Gymea Lily has been adopted as a symbol of the area and features on the crest of many local organisations. Development in the area has eradicated most of the lilies but many can still be found, a few kilometres south, in the Royal National Park. By the 1920s steam trams operated between Cronulla and Sutherland, via Gymea. The railway station on the line to Cronulla opened in 1939. Gymea experienced substantial development after World War II. The influx of migrant ...
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Gymea Bay, New South Wales
The locality and suburb of Gymea Bay are located in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Gymea Bay is south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. The postcode is 2227, which it shares with the adjacent suburb of Gymea. The Gymea Bay locality takes its name from the adjoining Gymea Bay, a small bay on the north side of the Port Hacking estuary). The locality includes only the single peninsula between Gymea Bay and the North West Arm of the Port Hacking River, bounded by Coonong Creek on the north and, on the west, by an unnamed creek flowing south of Gymea Bay Road between Barraran Street and Coonong Road. Gymea Bay became a locality within the suburb of Gymea. Early street directories show the locality of Gymea Bay as part of the suburb of Gymea. In 2008, the NSW Geographical Names Board suggested a much enlarged area for a suburb of Gymea Bay, taking in much of former Gymea, north of Coonong C ...
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