Banksia, New South Wales
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| Banksia Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Banksia Free Church, Princes Highway |
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| Population: | 3,006 | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1906 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2216 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $455,000 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 12 km from CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Rockdale | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Electoral district of Rockdale | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Division of Barton | ||||||||||||
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Banksia is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12km south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Rockdale and is part of the St George area.
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[edit] Commercial Area
Banksia is mainly residential with a few commercial develoments. It features mostly low density houses and some medium density blocks of flats. Banksia shopping centre consists of a small group of shops on Railway Street beside Banksia railway station. More shops and commercial developments are also located on the Princes Highway. The commercial areas on the Princes Highway extend to the adjacent suburbs of Arncliffe and Rockdale. Many of the commercial developments are part of an automotive precinct featuring car yards, auto accessory retailers, tyre shops and auto repairers. A market garden is located on the eastern side of West Botany Street, close to St George Soccer Stadium.
[edit] Transport
Banksia railway station on the Illawarra line of the CityRail network. Banksia is also serviced by Sydney Buses routes 400 and 410 that run between Burwood and Bondi Junction via Eastgardens.
[edit] History
Banksia is named for Joseph Banks, a botanist on the Voyage of Discovery of James Cook which visited the nearby Botany Bay in 1770.
The suburb was part of land owned by Simeon Pearce (1821-86) and his brother James Pearce in the 1850s, which extended from Rockdale to Brighton-Le-Sands. Until the late nineteenth century, the area was heavily timbered. The area developed after the railway station opened on 21st October 1906. Many names were suggested but the final choice was came from Charles Stead, father of novelist Christina Stead. The post office opened in August 1924.
[edit] References
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0207144958
- Pictorial Memories ST. GEORGE: Rockdale, Kogarah, Hurstville Joan Lawrence, Kingsclear Books, 1996, Published in Australia ISBN 0-908272-45-6
[edit] Landmarks
- St George Soccer Stadium, Barton Park, Gardiner Park
- Banksia Baptist Church
- National Film and Sound Archive
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs and localities within the City of Rockdale | St George | Sydney |
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Arncliffe | Banksia | Bardwell Park | Bardwell Valley | Bexley | Bexley North | Brighton-Le-Sands | Dolls Point | Kingsgrove | Kogarah | Kyeemagh | Monterey | Ramsgate | Ramsgate Beach | Rockdale | Sandringham | Sans Souci | Sydney International Airport | Turrella | Wolli Creek |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
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