Sylvania Heights Public School opened in 1955. The Sylvania Waters Estate was developed by L.J. Hooker in the 1960s, with the land offering water frontages with boating facilities.

What Aboriginal land is Sylvania on?

History. The traditional owners of Sylvania are the Dharawal Aboriginal people and their archaeological heritage is evident in a number of registered middens, burial and art sites in rock shelters on the Georges River. After European settlement, this land was acquired by John Connell Laycock as a Crown grant.

Is Sylvania Waters real?

Culture. Sylvania Waters was a 1992 reality television program which followed the lives of the Donaher family living at Macintyre Crescent. ... One of the artificial islands in Sylvania Waters (James Cook Island) was used in the filming of the movie Superman Returns (2006) as the location of Lois Lane's house.