Beverly Hills, New South Wales
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Beverly Hills (Australia) is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 17km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Beverly Hills lies across two local government areas, the City of Hurstville and the City of Canterbury. The postcode is 2209, which is shared by Narwee. It is often colloquially referred to as "Bevo" by its residents.
Much of present day Beverly Hills is residential, consisting of freestanding red brick and tile bungalows built in the years immediately after World War 2. Many of these feature late Art Deco design elements.
| Sydney suburbs near Beverly Hills (City of Hurstville City of Canterbury) |
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| Riverwood | Narwee | Roselands |
| Peakhurst | Beverly Hills | Kingsgrove |
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| Mortdale | Penshurst | Hurstville |
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[edit] Commercial Area
The main shopping strip is located on King Georges Road, near the Beverly Hills railway station. Commercial developments are also found scattered further along King Georges Road and along Stoney Creek Road. There are over 40 different cafe, restaurants and takeaways along King Georges Road, such as Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Greek, German, Vietnamese and Australian cuisines. In 1955, Woolworths opened its first store in a supermarket format in Beverly Hills.
The area has all the features typical of Australian metropolitan localities: restaurants, retail shops, convenience stores, banks, real estate agents, a pub (the Beverly Hills Hotel), cinema, kindergarten, primary/high schools, Scouts, parks, leisure and health facilities.
[edit] Transport
Beverly Hills railway station is on the East Hills line of the City Rail network.
The main road running through Beverly Hills is King Georges Road, connecting it north to Roselands and south to Hurstville. The road has palm trees running through its median strip as a nod to its Californian namesake. The other main road in Beverly Hills is Stoney Creek Road. This road intersects King Georges Road and connects Beverly Hills west to Peakhurst, Menai and east to Rockdale, Brighton-Le-Sands, Mascot, and Sydney Airport.
Entrances to the M5 Motorway are located on King Georges Road, west of the shopping centre. The M5 Motorway connects east to Bexley North, Arncliffe, Sydney Airport and the Sydney CBD and west to Liverpool and Campbelltown.\
[edit] Buildings
Notable amongst the public buildings and amenities are Beverly Hills Girls' High School, Beverly Hills Primary School and Regina Coeli Roman Catholic parish church.
Regina Coeli is Australia's only Catholic war memorial church. It was built in the early 1960s to commemorate the Australian-US alliance during World War 2. The flags of both nations are permanently hung either side of the main altar, and a special Mass attended by US service personnel and diplomatic representatives is conducted there annually in commemmoration of the Battle of the Coral Sea. Regina Coeli is sited prominently on the highest point in Beverly Hills, and is a landmark visible for many kilometres in all directions.
[edit] History
Beverly Hills was originally known as Dumbleton after a local farm in the area, circa 1830. This name was generally disliked by residents who lobbied to supplant it with a more glamorous alternative to coincide with the arrival of the East Hills railway line, which opened 31st December 1931. The name was changed to Beverly Hills, at a time when Beverly Hills in California, USA was becoming famous for being the home of many famous movie stars. Real estate developments followed in the 1930s and 1940s. The post office opened 1st October 1940.
[edit] Landmarks
- Beverly Hills Park, Canterbury Golf Course
- Regina Coeli Catholic Church, St Matthews Anglican Church, St Bedes Anglican Church, Beverly Hills-Kingsgrove Baptist Church, Beverly Hills Christian Science Church, Beverly Hills Church of Christ, Beverly Hills New Apostolic Church
- Beverly Hills Girls High School, Beverly Hills Primary School, Beverly Hills North Primary School, Regina Coeli Primary School
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs and localities within the City of Hurstville | St George | Sydney |
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Beverly Hills | Hurstville | Lugarno | Mortdale | Narwee | Oatley | Peakhurst | Peakhurst Heights | Penshurst| Riverwood |
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| Suburbs within the City of Canterbury | South-western Sydney | Sydney |
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Ashbury | Belfield | Belmore | Campsie | Canterbury | Clemton Park | Croydon Park | Earlwood | Hurlstone Park | Kingsgrove | Lakemba | Punchbowl | Riverwood | Roselands | Undercliffe | Wiley Park |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
