Sutherland Shire is a local government area in the southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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21 Facts About Sutherland Shire
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Sutherland Shire is colloquially known as "The Shire" and has featured in several reality television series.
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The Sutherland Shire is 26 kilometres south of Sydney central business district, and is bordered by the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, City of Wollongong, City of Liverpool, Georges River Council and City of Campbelltown local government areas.
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Sutherland Shire Council is composed of fifteen Councillors elected proportionally as five separate wards, each electing three Councillors.
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Archaeological work in the Sutherland Shire has revealed evidence for Aboriginal settlement dating back at least 8,500 years.
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Sutherland Shire constructed a magnificent manor on the foreshores of Sylvania, called Sutherland House, based on English feudal lines.
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At the time the Sutherland Shire had 1600 residents, and it was divided into three Ridings.
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The population of the Sutherland Shire increased from 2,896 in 1911, when the tramway opened, to over 7,500 in 1913.
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In December 2005, following incidents on Sutherland Shire beaches culminating in an assault on a lifeguard by youth of Lebanese descent, an anonymous text message, publicised by major media outlets in Australia, called on people to gather at Cronulla beach on the following Sunday and attack "wogs and lebs".
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The Sutherland Shire now has an area of 370 square kilometres, of which 173 square kilometres is state-designated national parkland.
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Northern border of the Sutherland Shire can be crossed via four bridges: three road bridges and one railway bridge.
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Geology of Sutherland Shire, whilst sharing characteristics with the North Shore, is very different from the western and central suburbs of Sydney.
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The oldest rock unit in the Sutherland Shire is the Illawarra Coal Measures, exposed from drilling at Helensburgh where it is 305 metres below sea level.
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Sutherland Shire is predominantly a residential area with commercial centres and minor industrial and rural areas.
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The commercial centres of the Shire are located in the suburbs of Sutherland, Miranda, Cronulla, Caringbah, Menai and Engadine.
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Sutherland Shire is serviced by Transdev NSW bus services and Sydney Trains services on the Illawarra line.
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The Sutherland Shire has a State Emergency Service unit based at Heathcote with facilities at Menai and shared facilities at Woronora.
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Anthony Redmond claims the Sutherland Shire has a reputation for insular localism that manifests itself in surf culture, has a high conservative vote and is Sydney's second largest Bible belt.
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Biggest commercial areas in the Sutheland Sutherland Shire are located at Miranda, Sylvania, Kirrawee, Caringbah and Cronulla.
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Miranda is the main retail and commercial centre of the Sutherland Shire, being home to Westfield Miranda along with Lederer Miranda and Kiora Centre as the two nearby smaller shopping centres.
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Sutherland Shire maintains sister city relations with the following cities:.
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