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'{{Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb | name = Turrella | city = Sydney | state = nsw | image = TurrellaStation1.JPG | caption = Turrella railway station | lga = [[City of Rockdale]] | postcode = 2205 | pop = 1,011 | area = | propval = | est = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Rockdale]] | fedgov = [[Division of Barton]] | near-nw = [[Earlwood, New South Wales| Earlwood]] | near-n = [[Undercliffe, New South Wales| Undercliffe]] | near-ne = [[Undercliffe, New South Wales| Undercliffe]] | near-w = [[Bardwell Park, New South Wales|Bardwell Park]] | near-e = [[Turrella, New South Wales|Turrella]] | near-sw = [[Bardwell Valley, New South Wales|Bardwell Valley]] | near-s = [[Arncliffe, New South Wales| Arncliffe]] | near-se = [[Arncliffe, New South Wales| Arncliffe]] | dist1 = 10 | dir1 = south | location1= [[Sydney CBD]] }} [[Image:Turrella School.jpg|right|thumb||Cairnsfoot School, Loftus Street]] '''Turrella''' is a [[suburb]] in [[Southern Sydney|southern]] [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Turrella is located 10km south of the [[Sydney central business district]] on the southern bank of [[Wolli Creek]]. Turrella is in the [[Local Government Areas in Australia|local government area]] of the [[City of Rockdale]] and is part of the [[St George, New South Wales|St George]] area. Turrella is a mostly residential area. Some light industrial developments are located around Turrella railway station and north along the railway line. A footbridge over Wolli Creek links Henderson Street to [[Undercliffe, New South Wales|Undercliffe]]. ==History == Turrella is an [[Indiginous Australians|aboriginal]] word for ''reedy place'' or ''water weeds''. Wolli Creek which runs through the area was originally known as Woolly Creek, quite likely because the reeds in the water gave it a thick, woolly appearance. In 1842 William Favell and his wife Eleanor were farming a property named Hillside on this site. Their neighbours were the families of Thomas Curtis and Henry Blackwell, who were orchardists and gardeners. The farms and orchards were subdivided when the railway came through. The railway station opened on the 21st September 1931. The light industrial buildings were built close to the railway line and one of the biggest factories in the area was the [[Streets (ice cream)|Streets Ice Cream]] factory, which has since closed. The post office was originally known as West Arncliffe when it opened on the 26th April 1933 but in January 1948 became known as Arncliffe West. It became Turrella in August 1952 but closed on the 21st December 1970. <ref>''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, Page 257</ref> ==Wolli Creek and Bardwell Valley== Arncliffe borders an extremely important piece of remnant bushland, the Wolli Creek Valley, beside [[Wolli Creek]]. There have been very active movements fighting for its preservation in the face of demands for land. The most successful of these prevented the building of the [[M5 South Western Motorway]] through the valley, resulting in the road being built as a tunnel under the valley. Nevertheless, community concern remains over what is seen as the release of unfiltered particle pollution from exhaust emissions into the atmosphere in the Bardwell Valley. ==Schools== Arncliffe West Public School is located in Loftus Street and Cairnsfoot Special School is located opposite. The original Cairnsfoot building is heritage listed. ==Transport== [[Turrella railway station, Sydney|Turrella railway station]] is on the [[East Hills line]] of the [[City Rail]] network. Turrella is also serviced by the 471 [[State Transit Authority|government bus]] route which runs from from [[Rockdale, New South Wales|Rockdale]], [[Bexley, New South Wales|Bexley]], [[Arncliffe, New South Wales|Arncliffe]], Turrella, [[Earlwood, New South Wales|Earlwood]], [[Canterbury, New South Wales|Canterbury]], [[Ashfield, New South Wales|Ashfield]], and on to [[Five Dock, New South Wales|Five Dock]]. The [[M5 South Western Motorway]] runs beneath parts of Turrella, in a 4km tunnel. The nearest entrances to travel south-west towards [[Beverly Hills, New South Wales|Beverly Hills]] and [[Liverpool, New South Wales|Liverpool]] are located at [[Arncliffe, New South Wales|Arncliffe]] and [[Bexley North, New South Wales|Bexley North]]. The nearest entrances to travel north-east towards [[Botany, New South Wales|Botany]] and the [[Sydney CBD|city]] are located at [[Kingsgrove, New South Wales|Kingsgrove]] and [[Arncliffe, New South Wales|Arncliffe]]. <gallery> Image:Turrella Bridge.jpg|Turrella railway bridge Image: TurrellaStation4.JPG|Turrella railway station entrance </gallery> ==Population== According to the 2006 [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] [[Census]] of Population, there were 1,011 people usually resident in Turrella. 39.4% stated they were born overseas with the top countries of birth being Lebanon 10.8%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 7.5% and China 2.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 41.8% of residents and the most common other languages spoken were Arabic 28.7%, Macedonian 12.7% and Italian 4.3%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were [[Islam]] 27.0%, [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] 20.7% and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] 15.4%. <ref>http://id.com.au/dosydney/default.aspx?pg=1&gid=5960</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Mapit-AUS-suburbscale|long=151.14079|lat=-33.93297}} {{Sydney Rockdale suburbs}} [[Category:Suburbs of Sydney]] [[Category:Australian Aboriginal placenames]]'