Location
Alfords Point is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Alfords Point is 28 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, within the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.
Alfords Point is on the southern bank of the Georges River. The suburb is nearly completely surrounded by bushland from the Georges River Nature Reserve and with Alfords Point Road within its eastern border running south to the north onto the Alfords Point Road Bridge across the Georges River towards Padstow. Brushwood Drive is the only road to enter and exit Alfords Point. (Wikipedia)
History
Jane Alford, widow of John Alford Senior owned 50 acres (200,000 m2) of land near here in 1828. Alford was originally the name given to an area of public reserve on the bank of the Georges River.
When the Sutherland Shire was officially formed in 1906, the western boundary extended to what is today called Menai (then called Bangor). In 1922, a proclamation was made to allow for an adjustment of the shire boundaries and include the areas which are now Illawong and Alfords Point. The area was formerly attached to the Municipality of Hurstville. Modern Alfords Point began to develop alongside the Menai Town Centre initiative in the late 1970s-1980s with large plots of bushland divided for housing development. (Wikipedia)
Places of Interest
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