Sylvania Waters is a suburb, in southern Sydney located 21 kilometres south of Sydney’s CBD. Sylvania Waters surrounds Gwawley Bay on the southern side of the Georges River. Sylvania is a separate suburb to the west, and Sylvania Heights is a locality within that suburb. Much of the waterfront areas of Sylvania Waters were reclaimed from Gwawley Bay. Many streets and houses are built on artificial islands.

Thomas Holt (1811-88) owned the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla. Holt had built Sutherland House on the foreshore of Gwawley Bay in 1818, on the eastern side of Sylvania. He established the Sutherland Estate Company in 1881 and a village grew there, with a post office opening in 1883.

Sylvania Waters Estate was developed by L.J. Hooker in the 1960s: the land offered had water frontages with boating facilities. James Goyen won the tender to design the estate, to construct the houses and to promote the new suburb. Streets were named after Australian rivers to emphasise the association with water, such as Shoalhaven, Tweed, Murrumbidgee, Hawkesbury and Barwon.

Sylvania Waters is now home to Monkey Thai Restaurant, Sylvania Waters Seafood, Lucy’s Espresso Bar, The Ugly Cook, Archies Flame Grille, Woolworths Sylvania, Vhouse Meet Cafe & Florist etc.

Suburbs surrounding Sylvania Waters are Miranda, Taren Point, Caringbah and Sylvania.

Sylvania Waters is a suburb, in southern Sydney located 21 kilometres south of Sydney’s CBD. Sylvania Waters surrounds Gwawley Bay on the southern side of the Georges River. Sylvania is a separate suburb to the west, and Sylvania Heights is a locality within that suburb. Much of the waterfront areas of Sylvania Waters were reclaimed from Gwawley Bay. Many streets and houses are built on artificial islands.

Thomas Holt (1811-88) owned the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla. Holt had built Sutherland House on the foreshore of Gwawley Bay in 1818, on the eastern side of Sylvania. He established the Sutherland Estate Company in 1881 and a village grew there, with a post office opening in 1883.

Sylvania Waters Estate was developed by L.J. Hooker in the 1960s: the land offered had water frontages with boating facilities. James Goyen won the tender to design the estate, to construct the houses and to promote the new suburb. Streets were named after Australian rivers to emphasise the association with water, such as Shoalhaven, Tweed, Murrumbidgee, Hawkesbury and Barwon.

Sylvania Waters is now home to Monkey Thai Restaurant, Sylvania Waters Seafood, Lucy’s Espresso Bar, The Ugly Cook, Archies Flame Grille, Woolworths Sylvania, Vhouse Meet Cafe & Florist etc.

Suburbs surrounding Sylvania Waters are Miranda, Taren Point, Caringbah and Sylvania.