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Contents 1 Separate page for the Local Government Area 2 Suburb listing 3 Bansktown Airport surburb? 4 Features of the City of Bankstown 4.1 Major features of Bankstown 5 Sources of information 6 Bankstown Community Directory 2005 6.1 Historical Tour of the Bankstown District 6.1.1 Introduction 7 Timeline of Bankstown 8 Roads 9 Topics to develop 9.1 Bark Huts 9.2 Bushranger's Hanging 9.3 Wood's Reserve and Lookout 9.4 Potts Hill Reservoir 9.5 First police station 9.6 The church of St Felix 9.7 First public school 9.8 First Anglican Church 9.9 Starlands 9.10 Carysfield Hall 9.11 Lansdown Bridge and Toll-gates 9.12 Loansdown House 9.13 The Homestead 9.14 Bills Horse Trough 9.15 University of Western Sydney - Macarthur 9.16 Quarry and Stockade 9.17 The Aboriginal axe-grinding stone 9.18 The Pah 9.19 East Hills Estate 9.20 Memorial to Nurse Schwarzel 9.21 Railways in Bankstown 9.22 Bankstown Civic Centre 9.23 Sir Joseph Banks' Monument 9.24 The Dane Memorial Fountain 9.25 Library 9.26 Links 10 Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Coucils 11 Infobox Update

[edit] Separate page for the Local Government Area

As per discussion at Talk:List of Sydney suburbs, I have created a separate page for the City of Bankstown, the Local Government Area. -- Ianblair23 05:31, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Suburb listing

Is the suburb listing in some order that I don't quite understand, or would it be ok for me to sort it alphabetically? Enochlau 03:32, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

No, not at all. Feel free to go right ahead. Regards -- Ianblair23 08:51, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bansktown Airport surburb?

So Bankstown Airport is officially a suburb? Should we list it as one then? -- Newhoggy | Talk 13:01, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Features of the City of Bankstown

[edit] Major features of Bankstown

• Bankstown Airport
• Bankstown Hospital
• Bankstown Paceway
• Bankstown Square Shopping Centre
• Dunc Gray Velodrome
• Georges River Foreshore Walkway/Cycleway
• Industrial areas of Chullora, Padstow and Milperra
• Georges River National Park
• Potts Hill Reservoirs
• Southern Sydney Institute of TAFE (Bankstown and Padstow Colleges)
• University of Western Sydney
• Villawood detention centre

[edit] Sources of information

[edit] Bankstown Community Directory 2005

• Area and bounds.
• Climate: maximum and minimum temperatures throughout the year.
• Rainfall: amount throughout the year.
• Land use: Residential, recreation, special, industrial/business/commercial.
• Population: 2001 census.
• Topography and vegetation.
• Timeline from 1795 discovery to 2003 delcaration of refugee welcome zone.

[edit] Historical Tour of the Bankstown District

5th Edition Published by the Bankstown Historical Society 1991

[edit] Introduction

Excerpt from "The New South Wales Gazzetteer of 1866.

"BANKSTOWN. 13 miles S.W. from Sydney on the Souther Road. The George's River (brackish) flows....

"The nearest places are Liverpool - 7 miles S.Sw and Burwood-Enfield....

"Bankstown is the name of one of the original districts of the country....

In contrast to some modern statistics; references to Bankstown Square and Compass centre.

• Do you think the copyright of the excerpt from the Gazzetteer would have expired by now?

[edit] Timeline of Bankstown

These dates listed as significant: 1795, 1797, 1798, 1810, 1814, 1818, 1826, 1834/6, 1853, 1863, 1880, 1886, 1889, 1895, 1899, 1909, 1923, 1926, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1973, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991

[edit] Roads

Roberts road was named after William Roberts who had contracted to build the Liverpool Road.

[edit] Topics to develop

[edit] Bark Huts

[edit] Bushranger's Hanging

[edit] Wood's Reserve and Lookout

[edit] Potts Hill Reservoir

[edit] First police station

[edit] The church of St Felix

[edit] First public school

[edit] First Anglican Church

[edit] Starlands

[edit] Carysfield Hall

[edit] Lansdown Bridge and Toll-gates

[edit] Loansdown House

[edit] The Homestead

[edit] Bills Horse Trough

[edit] University of Western Sydney - Macarthur

[edit] Quarry and Stockade

[edit] The Aboriginal axe-grinding stone

[edit] The Pah

[edit] East Hills Estate

[edit] Memorial to Nurse Schwarzel

[edit] Railways in Bankstown

[edit] Bankstown Civic Centre

[edit] Sir Joseph Banks' Monument

[edit] The Dane Memorial Fountain

[edit] Library

[edit] Links

• http://bankstowncity.nsw.gov.au/rec/index.cfm

[edit] Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Coucils

Auburn Council, Bankstown City Council, Baulkham Hills Shire Council, Blacktown City Council, Blue Mountains City Council, Camden Council, Campbelltown City Council, Fairfield City Council, Hawkesbury City Council, Holroyd City Council, Liverpool City Council, Parramatta City Council, Penrith City Council

[edit] Infobox Update

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