| Burraneer Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Gunnamatta Bay, Burraneer | |||||||||||||||
  Burraneer | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°04′12″S151°08′12″E / 34.06996°S 151.13664°E /-34.06996; 151.13664 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,719 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2230 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 26 km (16 mi) south ofSydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Sutherland Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cronulla | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
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Burraneer is a baysidesuburb insouthern Sydney, in the state ofNew South Wales,Australia. Burraneer is 26 kilometres south of theSydney central business district, in thelocal government area of theSutherland Shire.
Burraneer sits on thepeninsula of Burraneer Point, on the north shore of thePort Hacking estuary. Burraneer Bay forms the western border andGunnamatta Bay the eastern border.Woolooware is the only adjacent suburb.Cronulla is located across Gunnamatta Bay. The suburbs ofDolans Bay,Port Hacking andCaringbah South are located across Burraneer Bay. The villages ofMaianbar andBundeena are located on the opposite bank of Port Hacking. Burraneer is a mostly residential suburb comprising predominantly large family homes with some offering expansive water views of the Port Hacking.
The name Burraneer Bay was recorded by surveyorRobert Dixon in 1827 asBurranear Bay, who chose manyAboriginal names for many of the bays in the area. It is popularly believed to meanpoint of the bay, probably due to an over-reading of an 1890 report byRichard Hill.[2]In 1858 Mary and Andrew Webster paid 108 pounds and 15 shillings plus a yearly peppercorn quit rent for their land here. The Websters sold their land to Dominick Dolan in 1863. James Wilson purchased his block of 252 acres (1.0 km2) for 252 pounds in 1862. In 1866, he sold his land to Thomas Holt (1811–1888), who added it to his huge 12,000-acre (49 km2) estate that stretched fromSutherland toCronulla.[3]
A group of shops and cafes are located on Woolooware Road, between Dominic St and Cross St. Another smaller group of shops is located nearby on Burraneer Bay Road, on the corner of Gannons Rd, oppositeBurraneer Bay Public School.
According to the2021 census of Population, there were 3,719 residents in Burraneer.
The closest railway station to Burraneer isWoolooware railway station, a station on the Cronulla branch line of the Sydney Trains Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, or the T4 line. The station, like all NSW train stations, is opal active. All services are double deck electric trains of eight carriages traveling to Bondi Junction, stopping at major interchange stations such as Sutherland, Wolli Creek, Sydenham and Central. The station has two platforms and electronic indicator boards.
Our Lady of Mercy College, a Catholic girls' school catering to years 7 through 10, is located on Dominic Street.
De la Salle Catholic College, Cronulla, a Catholic co-educational school catering to years 11 and 12, is located on Cross St.
Burraneer Bay Public School, a public primary school (kindergarten through year 6), is located on Burraneer Bay Road. It was formally zoned in Woolooware, but has officially been part of the suburb of Burraneer since 2008.
St Francis De Sales Primary School lies on the border of Burraneer and Woolooware.
U-Go Mobility provides these bus services in the Burraneer area:-
