HistoryAround 1854 Surveyor William Greaves was sent to survey the area which was to become the suburb of Gymea. Early pioneer Thomas Holt purchased this land and it was included in the Holt Sutherland Estate. There was a dairy farm near the junction of Kingsway and the Princes Highway. On Gymea Bay Road there was a house known as "Lincolnhurst" owned by the Ferguson family. Transport to Gymea was made easier by the Sutherland to Cronulla Steam tramway service which ran from 1911 to 1931. From 1939 it was served by the Sutherland to Cronulla train line with its own platform. Most development of the suburb occurred after World War Two when land was taken up by young families. In 1959 the Gymea Lily Festival was held for the first time and became an institution for the suburb. In 2000 the suburb became the home for the new regional art gallery Hazlehurst a property formerly owned by Ben and Hazel Broadhurst.
