Wareemba, New South Wales

European settlement of the area began in the 1830s, with land mainly used for farming. The suburb was originally part of neighbouring suburb Abbotsford until declared a separate suburb in 1993.^[2] The name Wareemba comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "place where sweet water meets salt water".^[2]^[3]

Commercial area

Wareemba has a small group of shops located on Great North Road. Wareemba is famous for its coffee shops, including one business that combines fruit shop with coffee shop.

Churches

Wareemba Gospel Hall is in Coranto Street.

Population

The suburb of Wareemba had a population of 1,390 people, according to the 2006 Census of Population and Housing.^[1]

Demographics

Like the nearby suburbs of Haberfield and Five Dock, Wareemba has a large population of residents with Italian ancestry. At the 2006 Census, 16% of the population of Wareemba noted their country of birth as being Italy, the second most frequent response after Australia.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wareemba (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats.
1 2 "Wareemba". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
↑ "Abbotsford - Wareemba". .id. Retrieved 2 February 2014. <

Coordinates: 33°51′40″S 151°07′55″E / 33.861°S 151.132°E / -33.861; 151.132

Suburbs and localities within the City of Canada Bay, Inner West, Sydney

Abbotsford Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Chiswick Concord Concord West Drummoyne Five Dock Liberty Grove Mortlake North Strathfield Rhodes Rodd Point Russell Lea Strathfield Wareemba

List of Sydney suburbs

Geography of Parramatta River

Sources	Toongabbie Creek Darling Mills Creek

Tributaries: left	Vineyard Creek Subiaco Creek Archer Creek Smalls Creek Charity Creek Lane Cove River

Tributaries: right	Duck River Haslams Creek Powells Creek Iron Cove Creek Hawthorne Canal

Islands	Rodd Island Snapper Island Spectacle Island Cockatoo Island

Parramatta River ferry services	Parramatta Rydalmere Sydney Olympic Park Rhodes Meadowbank Kissing Point Cabarita Abbotsford Chiswick Huntleys Point

River crossings	Rings Bridge Bernie Banton Bridge Lennox Bridge Barry Wilde Bridge Elizabeth Street Footbridge Macarthur Bridge Clyde–Carlingford railway bridge Thackeray Bridge (footbridge) Silverwater Bridge James Ruse Drive bridge John Whitton Bridge Parramatta River Underbridge Ryde Bridge Mortlake Ferry Gladesville Bridge

River inlets and bays	Homebush Bay Kissing Point Bay Morrisons Bay Kendall Bay Glades Bay France Bay Exile Bay Canada Bay Kings Bay Hen and Chicken Bay Looking Glass Bay Abbotsford Bay Wallumatta Bay Five Dock Bay Lukes Bay Drummoyne Bay Iron Cove

Suburbs: north	North Parramatta Rydalmere Ermington Melrose Park Meadowbank Putney Tennyson Point Gladesville Henley Huntleys Point Huntleys Cove Hunters Hill Woolwich Greenwich

Suburbs: south	Parramatta Camellia Silverwater Newington Wentworth Point Sydney Olympic Park Liberty Grove Rhodes Concord Mortlake Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Five Dock Wareemba Abbotsford Chiswick Drummoyne Russell Lea Rodd Point Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Birchgrove

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