Hurlstone Park, New South Wales

Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hurlstone Park is located 10 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Hurlstone Park is mostly in the local government area of the City of Canterbury and partly in the Municipality of Ashfield. It sits on the northern bank of the Cooks River.

History
Previously known as 'Wattle Hill' and then 'Fernhill'. After the Postmaster-General's Department refused to open a post office called Fernhill, a 1910 referendum chose the name 'Hurlstone', after the nearby Hurlstone College. John Kinloch founded the college in 1878, on the site of present-day Trinity College and named it after his mother's maiden name, which was Helen Hurlstone. The college moved to a new site, now known as Hurlstone Agricultural High School. The 'Park' was added at the request of the Railways Department, to avoid confusion with the New South Wales town of Hillston.

Transport
Hurlstone Park railway station is a CityRail railway station on the Bankstown Line, located 8.8 km from Central station. Hurlstone Park also has three bus routes through it.

Commercial Area
There is a group of shops around Hurlstone Park Station along Crinan Street and Floss Street. There are also commercial areas around the intersection of Canterbury Road and New Canterbury Road.

The Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club is located on Canterbury Road. This is a well-known entertainment venue across Sydney, attracting many Australian and International performers. There are three other 'clubs' in Hurlstone Park: the Hurlstone Park Bowling Club in Marcia Street, the Soccer Club in Tennent Parade and the Hurlstone Park Hotel on New Canterbury Road. There are also a couple of restaurants in the suburb, one amongst the Crinan Street shops and another on New Canterbury Road.

The rest of the commercially used land in Hurlstone Park is made up of various shops, ranging from fast food outlets and milk bars to a couple of petrol stations. Hurlstone Park also has two churches and three childcare centres.

Houses
Hurlstone Park is a predominantly residential suburb. The majority of the residential land in Hurlstone Park is single dwelling housing ie.detached houses. Only a small proportion of the residential land is multiple dwelling housing such as units or townhouses.

Parks
Hurlstone Park has six small parks and large recreational area called Ewen Park, by the Cooks River. These parks contain play equipment, tennis courts and a bike track that goes as far as Homebush and Botany Bay. Ewen Park also holds two Football (soccer) pitches and is home to the Hurlstone Park Wanderers Football Club.In the Summer there is also a cricket pitch used.

Population
According to the 2001 census, Hurlstone Park had around 5,000 residents. Like its neighbours Marrickville and Canterbury, Hursltone Park has a substantial number of residents who were born in Greece (6.7%), Lebanon (3.4%) and Italy (3.3%).