The Parish of Sutherland is one of the 57 parishes in Cumberland County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It was originally proclaimed as the parish of Southerland with an 'o', but was misspelled without it on the government gazette. It includes all of the Kurnell peninsula, with Botany Bay and the Georges River to the north; part of the Woronora River to the west; and Port Hacking to the south. Suburbs within the parish include Cronulla, Miranda, Woolooware, Caringbah, Gymea, Sutherland, Sylvania Waters and Oyster Bay.

Sutherland
New South Wales
Location of the parish within Cumberland
Established1835
LGA(s)Sutherland Shire
CountyCumberland
Hundred (former)Heathcote
Lands administrative divisions around Sutherland:
St George St George Botany
Holsworthy Sutherland Pacific Ocean
Heathcote Wattamolla Pacific Ocean

References

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  • Sutherland shire placenames
  • Parish map of Sutherland, NSW Department of Lands
  • "Sutherland Parish". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.  


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