East Hills, New South Wales
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East Hills is a suburb, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 26km south west of the Sydney central business district in the City of Bankstown. The postcode is 2213.
East Hills is a residential suburb on the northern bank of the Georges River, well known for its highly successful baseball club. The adjacent suburbs are Panania and Picnic Point. Nearby suburbs on the opposite bank of the Georges River include Pleasure Point, Voyager Point, Hammondville and Sandy Point.
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[edit] Transport
East Hills railway station, Sydney is on the City Rail East Hills line. The rail line extends to Holsworthy, Glenfield and continues to Campbelltown. Parts of East Hills are serviced by buses operated by Veolia Transport NSW, generally following the routes established by McVicar's Bus Service.
[edit] Schools
East Hills has two high schools and one primary school: East Hills Boys - A Technology High School, East Hills Girls Technology High School and East Hills Primary School.
[edit] History
East Hills was the name used to describe the whole area south of Bankstown to the Georges River and east to The River Road.
George Johnstone (1790-1820) was granted 500 acres here in 1804 and called it New Jerusalem. It was west of The River Road between Bransgrove and Tomson Streets. Robert Gardiner a tenant on the property called his farm East Hills, possibly after the region of that name near Liverpool, England and since this area is close to another Liverpool. In 1828 Thomas Graham was granted 640 acres, south of Johnston’s land, which he sold to Charles Tompson in 1835. The area to the west was bought by George Nicholas Weston in 1838.
In 1893, the area was subdivided and named East Hills after the farm. The railway line was opened in 1931 and East Hills was the terminating station. This line was extended in 1987 to a new station at Holsworthy and connected to the Main South Line at Glenfield and on to Campbelltown.
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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