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HistoryJohn Connell was the first land grantee of Sylvania. He used the land primarily for his business ventures which included pasturing stock which he corralled at Horse Rock Point. From this place on the Georges River he could ferry the stock to the other side and then to a Sydney market. The land was left to family member John Connell Laycock but was later acquired by Thomas Holt who established his Sutherland Estate in the 1860s. It included most of what is currently known as the Sutherland Shire. The area which became Sylvania was the location in which Holt built a mansion which he called Sutherland House. Although he did not live there for any length of time it did become the home of one of his children Frederick and his family. This family formed the nucleus of the new settlement. Holt later leased most of his estate to the Holt Sutherland Estate Land Company who set about creating estates for residential settlement reserving the site of Sutherland House and surrounding acreage for the Holt family. The first land to be released was in the Sylvania area in 1882. A post office was opened in 1883 and a few shops were located on the main road, Princes Highway. The area has been called the "gateway to the south" due to the construction of the road which was to serve primarily as a route to the south coast. One of the first settlers were the Rice family. Various punts and ferry services were used to cross the Georges River until the Georges River bridge was opened in 1929. Pioneer families were mostly orchardists or market gardeners. it was also the place where may restaurants and nightclubs flourished from the 1920s and into the 1950s. Such places as Oyster Bills and Herman's Haystack were very popular venues attracting diners and patrons from as far as the city. More recently it has been popular for Paul's hamburgers. A shopping complex called Southgate was opened in 1983 which includes access to a public branch library and tenpin bowling lanes. The Georges River bridge was duplicated in 1987.

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Sylvania, view over Georges River with marina at left, 1974

Sylvania Branch library located on Princes Highway near Clare Street c.1970s

Tom Ugly's steam punt approaching the landing ramp at Sylvania, ca. 1900s

Tom Ugly's steam punt on its way across the river, ca. 1927

Tom Ugly's steam punt approaching the landing ramp at Sylvania, ca. 1900s

Tom Ugly's Bridge seen from Bald Face Point, 1929

Tom Ugly's Bridge under construction, 31 July 1926

Tom Ugly's ferry at the landing wharf, river in background, ca. 1880-1900

Three people sitting in an open car, Sylvania, 1905

Sutherland House, Sylvania, ca. 1850-1870

Tom Ugly's steam punt, on its way across the river towards Sylvania, ca. 1900-1920

Group of men at Tom Ugly's Bridge, ca. 1920-1940

Georges River, Sylvania, 1908

Tom Ugly's punt landing place, Sylvania, 1928

Tom Ugly's Bridge under construction, 1927

Tom Ugly's ferry, 1927

Waterfront houses in Sylvania, 1927

Tom Ugly's Bridge under construction, 1927

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Sylvania Ferry Estate, Sylvania, Georges River : auction sale on the ground, Sat. 3rd December 1927 at 3 pm

Sylvania Ferry Estate, Sylvania, Georges River : auction sale on the ground, Sat. 17th March 1917 at 3 p.m.

Sylvania - Cronulla Estates

Swastika Estate Sylvania : auction sale on the ground, Boxing Day, Friday, 26th December, 1913, at 3 o'clock

Sutherland. 56 : part of 'A' Riding, Parish of Sutherland, County of Cumberland

Sutherland. 5 : C Riding, Parish of Sutherland, County of Cumberland

Sutherland. 21 : part of A Riding, Parish of Sutherland, County of Cumberland

Sutherland. 20 : part of A Riding, Parish of Sutherland, County of Cumberland

Sutherland. 11 : C Riding, Parish of Sutherland, County of Cumberland

Sun-Lit Estate Sylvania

Plan of Gwawley Estate Sylvania

Paradise Estate : 11 miles from Sydney in the glorious Sutherland-Cronulla Shire and fronting Georges River

Holt-Sutherland House Estate Sylvania Georges River opposite Tom Uglys : auction sale on the ground Easter Monday 20th April 1908 at 1 o'clock

Grand View Estate Sylvania : absolute water frontages on Georges River : right at the point, few minutes from punt

Georges River Sylvania, Wynola house & grounds : on Kangaroo Point : for auction sale on the the ground at 3 p.m. Saturday 16th March 1940

First subdivision of the Holt-Sutherland Estate : townlet of Sylvania, Georges River : for auction on Monday 12th Dec. 1881

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Sutherland House, Sylvania

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Bill Moss Oral History

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