Yarrawarrah
Yarrawarrah | |||||||||||||
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Yarrawarrah Shopping Village, Old Bush Road | |||||||||||||
Yarrawarrah Location in greater metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Yarrawarrah | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34°03′19″S 151°01′56″E / 34.0552°S 151.0321°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1971 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 166 m (545 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,775 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2233 | ||||||||||||
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Yarrawarrah is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 32 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.
The traditional inhabitants of Yarrawarrah are the Tharawal people, with Yarrawarrah being an Aboriginal word meaning mountain ash. Yarrawarrah is also the name of a ridge which was located in the vicinity between Heathcote and Waterfall.