Hurstville and St George District Page 3 

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The township of Kogarah was however then located near the junction of Rocky Point Road and the Princess Highway.    

Kogarah   Post Office 1915. Within 5 years most of the township had moved to moved the Railway Parade where it presently still stands.

Corner of Forest Road and Queens Rd Hurstville.

One year later the Foundation Stone was laid at St Michael's Catholic Church in Croydon Road, Hurstville. There is new work going on there and will hopefully be finished in around Easter 1999. If the rain doesn't get in the way. We know we need rain , but it may very well be the one reason that this Lent will not see us in the newly renovated church. So if you're driving down Croydon Road pop on in and take a peek or better still come in for Mass.

Marist Bros College Kogarah was built in 1909. This magnificent school still stands today proudly on the hill up from Kogarah Station towards Bexley. They are presently rebuilding there, so please stand by and I will place a photo when available. This school boast of numerous famous school boys that were educated there. Cardinal Gilroy, Graham Richardson, and Ken Callender, from Channel 9.

By the beginning of World War I the population had grown to 7339 and a thriving shopping centre had grown up along the railway line. The 20's saw a further period of rapid growth. The population grew to 21657 by 1930. The East Hills Railway was opened in December 1931.

After World War 2 Herne Bay now Riverwood housed many of the families who were displaced after the War. The old Army huts became home to many Herne Bay 1947 ..including myself until our homes were granted to us in nearby suburbs. I lived there for short while whilst my parent were waiting for our new home in Lakemba, post WW2 .

This is how Rocky Point Road ended till 1965 and the Captain Cook Bridge was finished. Sans Souci Park was considerably enlarged from 1931-34 when a stone wall was erected.

Rocky Pt Rd Ramsgate

Kogarah's first grant of 100 acres of land was to the new bride of Robert Cooper. It was said to be at the very tip of the Point and named Rocky Point House no doubt because of the rocky outlook. It was called then Charlotte Point after Mrs Cooper's mother, but eventually was called Rocky Point. They established the first distillery in this very isolated area of the the colony.