Before the Spring Festival in 2020, a criminal gang had committed a series of crimes in Hurstville, including stealing bags, cash, credit cards, and even cars. The victim sought help from the George River Association (GRA). GRA accompanied the victim to the police station more than ten times to assist the investigation which led to the final arrest of the criminal gang.

GRA promotes the installation of full-coverage cameras on the streets, increasing the number of police officers with multi-cultural background who can speak community language, enhancing the communication between the police and the people, raising residents' awareness of public security and prevention.  Read more >> 

2023 Christmas market Georges River Association stall to support Hurstville Public School playground project. Read more >>   

With the support of the Georges River Council, the Georges River Association, in cooperation with the Salvation Army Hurstville Corp, held a Spring Festival charity Gala at Club Central on the evening of February 21, 2021 to raise money for the Salvation Army's Cowid-19 emergency rescue plan. This even raised more than $8700. Read more >> 

In May and June this year, the Georges River Association organized a series of charity activities to raise more than $3000 Australian dollars for the Red Shield Appeal for the Salvation Army Hurstville Corp to support community services and vulnerable groups affected by the epidemic. The activities include

. Online digital door knocking.

. Contact the merchants to carry out "good heart purchase, good heart sale".

. Stand on the street with the Salvation Army.

. Join hands with the Chinese Wealth Charity Foundation to hold the "Chinese Culture Day". 

All tickets are donated to the Salvation Army.

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The Georges River Association always cares for the local living environment and object to overdevelopment.

Located at 88-92 Botany Street, the mosque proposed at Carlton covers an area of nearly 2000 square meters. It is close to Sydney Technical High school and only 400 meters away from the Hurstville Public school. The George River Association organised residents to defend their rights and oppose the construction of this large Place of Public Worship in residential areas. Read more >> 

The Georges River Association is the champion to celebrate multiculturalism in the community. GRA regularly hosts the Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and other traditional Chinese festivals together with local and Sydney art groups and charities. Performances include folk dance, folk music, drama, martial arts, vegetarian food tasting, folk handicrafts, calligraphy and painting, Chinese culture, Chinese games, etc. Read more >> 

The Georges River Association is a grassroots organisation that serves residents. GRA organises a variety of culture and sports activities to enrich the life of residents. GRA has four local light volleyball teams sponsored by local business, one of them won the runner-up in the mixed group at last year's Australian light volleyball competition. Read more >> 

A Major Power Outage Averted By the Georges River Association. 

In June 2021，in the difficult time the last thing the small business owners need was another disaster like power outage, which was to come to the CBD area of Hurstville: The 17 business owners from 227 to 253 Forest Road Hurstville received a power outage notice from Ausgrid. It said the power supply to this area would be cut off from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM on June 27, 2021. There would be no backup power or compensation whatsoever. GRA intervened with Georges River Council and the issue was finally resolved satisfactorily, avoiding about $80,000 in damages due to power lost. Read more >> 

On 3rd Jan 2021, the NSW government issued a mandatory mask order due to the rebound of COVID-19. The epidemic may have rebounded, and the year of 2021 may still be turbulent, but the love of the Georges River Association is spreading faster. We have distributed over 1000 face masks and 1000 bottles of disinfectant with 8 local shops together to the Hurstville residents for free. Read more >> 

During this uncertain time, we are determined to do things we can to work with our local community together to support people dealing with hardship. We donated more face masks and disinfectants to The Kogarah Storehouse, St George North Anglican Church and St George Anglican Church in Jan 2021. Read more >>