Portal:City of Bankstown
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The City of Bankstown is a city and Local Government Area in south-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It consists of a number of suburbs including Bass Hill, Greenacre, Georges Hall and Milperra, among others. The City is bounded by the City of Parramatta and Auburn Council to the north, the City of Fairfield and the City of Liverpool to the west, the Sutherland Shire to the south, and the City of Canterbury, the City of Hurstville and the Municipality of Strathfield to the east.
Bankstown has one of the most ethnically diverse communities in Australia. Home to a large Lebanese community, Bankstown also boasts large populations of Greek, Chinese, Vietnamese and Slavic migrants. In all, over 60 different languages are spoken. Bankstown is considered as one of the most multicultural areas in the country.
From March 1942 thousands of American servicemen arrived in Sydney. A large portion of these troops were stationed in Bankstown earning the suburb the nickname ‘Yankstown’. During WWII Bankstown Airport was established as a key strategic air base to support the war effort. After the arrival of Douglas MacArthur in Australia, Bankstown Airport was taken over by the Americans and became home to the US 35th Fighter Squadron and the 41st Pursuit Group of the United States Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces who occupied the airport from 1942 to 1944. In 1945 operations became the responsibility of the British Fleet Air Arm, known as HMS Nabberley, until 1946, when it was handed back to the RAAF. Bankstown Airport was home to several fighter units. Several "dummy houses" also existed in and around Bankstown Airport. These houses were built to make Bankstown Airport and its surrounds appear as a farm. There were gun pits in and around the airport to protect it from air raids and an anti-aircraft battery on the Corner of Bexley Road and Homer Street, Kingsgrove to help protect the approaches to the airport. Searchlight units of 62 Anti Aircraft Search Light Station personnel were based in Stacey Street as well as the Australian Military Forces who rented houses in the street to provide accommodation for troops. One of the houses used to provide accommodation was located on the corner of Stacey Street and Gartmore Avenue.
Mohammed Skaf (born May 7, 1983) is a serial gang rapist. He helped organise and was a member of a Lebanese Australian gang rape attack squad in two of the Sydney gang rapes attacks in Sydney, Australia in 2000.
He is the brother of Bilal Skaf, the ring leader of the Sydney Gang Rapes. The group targeted white Australian girls in racially motivated hate crimes.
Mohammed Skaf had befriended his victims and lured them to locations where his fellow gang rapists were waiting. During one of the crimes, he stole a mobile phone from his victim and thrust her head against a toilet block before declaring "I'm going to fuck you Leb-style".
For his crimes, Mohammed was originally imprisoned for 32 years, but had his sentence reduced on appeal to 19 years with parole being available after 11 years.
Mohammed Skaff Lived in Greenacre, New South Wales.
- ...that Bankstown was named after botanist Sir Joseph Banks.
- ...that On 27 May 1980, during a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Bankstown was accorded city status.
- ...that Bankstown Airport was under the control of the US 35th Fighter squadron (United States Army Air Forces) and the 41st Pursuit Group & British Fleet Air Arm during WWII
- ...that in March of 1942 (WWII) a large amount of American servicemen were stationed in Bankstown earning the suburb the nickname ‘Yankstown’.
- ...that In 1826, bush rangers were hanged on the site where the water tower (on the Hume Hwy, near Stacey St) now stands.
- ...that the Malek Fahd Islamic School is the largest Islamic school in Australia,
- ...that Bankstown has 293 parks covering 730 hectares within its city limits. There are 41 sports grounds, 12 community parks and 18 natural parklands.
- ...that the area now known as Yagoona, Bass Hill, and north Bankstown was called Irish Town, due to the high concentration of Irish rebels transported here from Ireland in the late 1700s.
- ...that Black Charlie's Hill, located in Simmat Avenue Condell Park, New South Wales was named after a local identity who's nickname was 'Black Charlie'. His real name is said to have been Charles Luzon or Charlie Lopez, a man of Aboriginal ancestry.
- ...that Bass Hill, New South Wales is named after George Bass (1771-1803), a surgeon and explorer who was granted land in the suburb in 1798.
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