Como West

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Como West | city = Sydney | state = NSW | postcode = 2226 | lga = [[Sutherland Shire]] | location1 = Como | coordinates = {{coord|34.002|S|151.061|E|display=inline}} }}

'''Como West''' is a locality in [[Southern Sydney|southern]] [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It is located in the western part of the suburb of [[Como, New South Wales|Como]]. The postcode is 2226, the same as Como.

Como West is located on the north eastern bank of the [[Woronora River]]. It features its own primary school – [[Como West Public School]] and sports fields. There is a small shopping area with a motor repair shop, wine cellar, a Chinese restaurant, a veterinarian, doctor, chemist, cafe, butcher, hairdresser and a corner shop. [[Henry Lawson]] Park celebrates the name of that great Australian poet.

==History== In early 1884, James Frederick Murphy (Manager of the Holt-Sutherland Company Estate) is attributed as being responsible for the renaming of the postal locality previously known as "Woronora" – to "COMO".<ref>[[Como, New South Wales]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=November 2017}}

Thirty years later on 19 June 1914, the elevated portion of "Como" lying west of the Illawarra Railway line & extending west to the Woronora River is first referred to as "Como Heights" in a local tourism advertisement published in numerous papers around New South Wales.<ref>Illawarra Mercury, Wollongong, 19 June 1914, page 3</ref>

Six years later on 10 September 1920, the term "Como Heights Estate" appears in a land sale advertisement in The Propellor, Hurstville.<ref>The Propellor, Hurstville, 10 September 1920, page 5</ref>

A further six years elapsed, then on 5 June 1926, an article referring to the "West Como Progress Association" is published by the Evening News, Sydney, newspaper.<ref>The Evening News, Sydney, 5 June 1926, page 2</ref>

Thirteen more years elapse, then finally on 9 November 1939 the term "Como West" first appears publicly, via an advertisement by the proprietor of the Como West Post Office which is published in The Propellor, Hurstville.<ref>The Propellor, Hurstville, 9 November 1939, page 5.</ref>

Many houses and the historic Como West Public School were burnt down during the devastating [[1994 Eastern seaboard fires|1994 bushfires]].

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[[Category:Sydney localities]]