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Yarrawarrah is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 32 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Yarrawarrah borders the Royal National Park and contains many pockets of bushland. It is a hilly suburb stretching to the valley of Engadine. Yarrawarrah contains many streets named after places in Western Australia and South Australia, including Nullabor Place, Gibson Street, Wittenoom Place, Roebourne Street, Carnarvon Street and Exmouth Place. Yarrawarrah has a small shopping village with a landmark windmill. The windmill itself has gained popularity in November 2009, boasting its own (Facebook page ) and acting as a community forum. Yarrawarrah Public School is located behind the shopping village on Old Bush Road. The school has 11 classes. There are two Kindergarten classes, four Stage 1 classes, three Stage 2 classes and two Stage 3 classes. The Princes Highway is the main road that borders Yarrawarrah, to the east. There were originally plans to build a train station in Yarrawarrah, however the plans never went ahead. The closest train stations are Engadine and Loftus. ==History== Yarrawarrah is an Aboriginal word meaning ''mountain ash''. The suburb was officially recognised by the Geographical Names Board in 1971.〔http://www.sutherland.nsw.gov.au/ssc/rwpattach.nsf/viewasattachmentPersonal/shire_placenames_20041008.pdf/$file/shire_placenames_20041008.pdf History of Sutherland Shire Placenames 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yarrawarrah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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