Coral Sea Park is a public park in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Coral Sea Park is located in the suburb of Maroubra.
Features
Coral Sea Park has a cricket pitch, a basketball court, and several soccer fields and rugby fields. There is also a large playground for children.
Coral Sea Park is an off-leash dog area.
History
The area used to be Maroubra Speedway until it was demolished and renamed in 1947.Housing Shortage, The (Bourke) Western Herald, (Friday, 20 January 1950), p.5; South Sydney Rail Link Proposal, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 31 Nay 1954), p.12; Housing the People: Large Scale Development Vital to Low Cost, The Biz, (Wednesday, 9 July 1958), p.26.
Coral Sea Park references the Battle of the Coral Sea of 1942, considered a turning point of World War 2.
Several of the surrounding streets are named after U.S. warships, such as Chicago Avenue, New Orleans Crescent, Yorktown Parade and Astoria Circuit.
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