City of Bankstown New South Wales
Population:	174,513
• Density:	2,266/km² (5,869/sq mi)
Area:	77 km² (29.7 sq mi)
Mayor:	Tania Mihailuk
Council Seat:	Bankstown
Region:	Metropolitan Sydney
State District:	East Hills; Bankstown; Auburn; Fairfield
Federal Division:	Banks; Blaxland
Website: http://www.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/
LGAs around City of Bankstown: City of Parramatta Auburn Council Municipality of Strathfield Fairfield City City of Bankstown City of Canterbury Liverpool City Sutherland Shire Hurstville City

Facade of Bankstowns Town Hall

Bankstown Rail Bridge 1946. Now Bankstown Plaza

This article is about the local government area. For the suburb of Bankstown, see Bankstown, New South Wales.

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. NSW redirects here. ... Image File history File links Bankstown_lga_sydney. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... 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History

Bankstown was established by Governor Hunter in 1797 in honour of botanist Sir Joseph Banks, who travelled to Australia with Captain James Cook in 1770. The area was discovered during an expedition of the Georges River by George Bass and Matthew Flinders. The area of first European settlement along the river has been partially preserved as part of the Mirrumbeena Regional Reserve. Bankstown also includes large areas of the Georges River National Park. John Hunter, Naval pioneer and colonial governor Captain John Hunter (1737– to 1821) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1795 to 1800. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Banks (February 13, 1743 - June 19, 1820) was the British naturalist and botanist on Cooks first great voyage (1768-1771) and some 75 species bear Banks name. ... Captain James Cook may refer to: James Cook - British explorer, navigator, and map maker Captain James Cook (TV miniseries) - 1987 Australian television miniseries This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... For the village in Queensland, see 1770, Queensland. ... The Georges River is a waterway in the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... George Bass George Bass, British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia (1771 – unknown, post 1803), was born at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford Lincolnshire and was educated at Boston Grammar School. ... Captain Matthew Flinders RN (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was one of the most accomplished navigators and cartographers of his age. ... Georges River is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 18 km southwest of Sydney. ...

Bankstown became a municipality in 1895, and then declared official city status in 1980 in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. ^[1] A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...

Geography

The boundaries of Bankstown City are, clockwise, the Prospect water supply pipeline and Liverpool Road (also known as Hume Highway) along the north, Roberts Road, Juno Parade, Koala Road, Punchbowl Road, Canterbury Road and the Salt Pan Creek along the east, the Georges River in the south and the Georges River, Prospect Creek, the Hume Highway and Woodville Road along the west. The Hume Highway / Hume Freeway is one of Australias most important and notable interstate highways which runs for 880 km inland between Sydney and Melbourne. ... Salt Pan Creek is a small creek located between the suburbs of Padstow and Riverwood, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Georges River is a waterway in the state of New South Wales in Australia. ...

The Bankstown City region is approx. 76 square kilometres and has a population density of about 21.46 people per hectare ^[2]. The local climate is similar to that of most of Sydney.

Landmarks

In the centre of Bankstown is the large Paul Keating Park. It stands on what was once the Council Chambers, which burned down in an accidental fire in 1997. ^{[citation needed]} Nowadays, all of the council operations are contained in the Civic Tower, adjacent to the Park. The Park is used for a variety of concerts and festivals (including the annual Bankstown Christmas Carols), and is otherwise a large playing field. Facing it is the Bankstown Town Hall.

Council chambers of the Bankstown City Council

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Council

The Bankstown local government area is divided into four wards, with three councillors elected to each ward. The mayor of Bankstown City Council is elected by the councillors annually. Clr Helen Westwood became Bankstown's second female mayor in 2002. In 2006, a new Mayor was elected, Tania Mihailuk.

Economy

The local economy in Bankstown City is fairly diverse. There is a large number of manufacturing businesses in around Bankstown. There is also a large number of service and administrative jobs, particularly in the CBD.

Some large businesses are established in the Bankstown City area including: Fairfax Media Printers print The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald and the News Limited Printers print The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, both at Chullora. Bankstown Airport and the surrounding industrial areas in Revesby and Milperra are centres of economic activity. It has been suggested that John Fairfax Holdings be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Sydney Morning Herald is one of the most prestigious and important newspapers in Australia, published daily in Sydney, the largest city in Australia. ... News Limited was the principal holding for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch until the formation of News Corporation in 1979. ... The Australian is a national daily broadsheet newspaper published by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation. ... The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation. ... Chullora is a residential suburb in the south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Sydney Metropolitan Airport - Bankstown (formerly Bankstown Airport (IATA: BWU, ICAO: YSBK) is a general aviation airport and business park located in Bankstown, 22 km from the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Revesby is a residential suburb of southwestern Sydney, Australia. ... Milperra is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Approximately 61,000 people work within the city, over 2 thirds of which come from elsewhere, and just under a third of workers live in the city itself. ^[3]

Retail

There are a wide variety of commercial shops. Most notable is the large and extensive shopping centre, Centro Bankstown (formerly known as Bankstown Square). It opened in 1966 and in July 2006 completed its most recent expansion. Other shopping precincts include the Compass Centre and various stores in the Bankstown Plaza, a large pedestrian thoroughfare located near the Bankstown railway station. For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see pedestrian street or promenade. ... Construction of the Centro Bankstown extension Centro Bankstown, formerly Bankstown Square is a major regional shopping centre situated in the central business district of the City of Bankstown. ...

There is also a number of town centres in suburbs of the city. Other shopping centres include Bass Hill Plaza and Chullora Market Place. Bass Hill is a suburb in the south-west of Sydney, Australia. ... Chullora is a residential suburb in the south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Population

The Bankstown Local Government Area is the seventh largest in New South Wales by population, with about 170,000 people, after Blacktown, Sutherland, Fairfield, Wollongong, Lake Macquarie, and Penrith, and the fifth largest in Sydney.^{[citation needed]} Its population density as of 2004 is 2,283.5 people per square kilometre.^[4] NSW redirects here. ... For the state electoral district, see Electoral district of Blacktown. ... The Sutherland Shire, is a Local Government Area in the Southern Sydney region of Sydney, Australia. ... The City of Fairfield is a Local Government Area in the south-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Wollongong City Council is a Local Government Area on the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. ... Lake Macquarie is the name of a Local Government Area (the City of Lake Macquarie) located in NSW, Australia, approximately 150km north of Sydney, Australia, and 20km south of Newcastle. ... The City of Penrith is a Local Government Area in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ...

Bankstown is known for its multicultural community. A large proportion of the population are born overseas. Over 10,000 Bankstown City residents were born in Lebanon, making up about 6% of the population, and over 9,000 were born in Vietnam.^[5] There is also a large number of people born in the UK, China and Greece. ^[5] Multiculturalism or cultural pluralism is a policy, ideal, or reality that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures in the world, especially as they relate to one another in immigrant receiving nations. ...

Other than English, other languages spoken by the community of Bankstown City include Arabic, Vietnamese, Chinese, Greek and Italian.^[6] Large Community groups include the Lebanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Macedonian groups. Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ...

The most common religion in Bankstown is Catholicism, followed by Anglican, Islam, Orthodox and Buddhism.^[6]

Education

Bankstown is home to the University of Western Sydney Bankstown Campus. The Campus is located in Milperra, about 5-10 minutes drive from the Central Business District of Bankstown. The University is the main UWS Campus for arts, linguistics and humanities. The University of Western Sydney (UWS) is a large, multi-campused and comprehensive metropolitan University with 35,000 students and 2,500 staff members. ...

There are a number of TAFE Colleges in the city, with one located within the city itself. There is also a number of senior colleges. In Australia, Technical and Further Education or TAFE institutions are those which offer a wide range of post-secondary education and training, generally in vocational fields (such as hospitality, tourism, construction, woodwork, secretarial skills, community work, etc), often at a level of difficulty below that of a corresponding or related...

Bankstown has numerous Public and Private Schools including Catholic and Islamic Schools in the city.

Recreation and Culture

Events

Bankstown Town Hall, in the City Centre, holds a number of entertainment and cultural events throughout the year. Some of the Major events in the City include Australia Day and Carols by Candlight. Australia Day celebrations are held on the Georges River Foreshore and attract large crowds. Carols are normally held in the City Centre, at Paul Keating Park. Anniversary Day redirects here. ... The Georges River is a waterway in the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... For other persons named Paul Keating, see Paul Keating (disambiguation). ...

Parks

There is a number of parks in the area. In the CBD, there is Paul Keating Park and Bankstown Gardens. Other major parks include The Crest, Warshaw Park, Middleton Park, Graf Park and the extensive parklands around Georges River.

Media

There are two local newspapers, The Express and the Torch. The Torch is more Bankstown City based, whilst The Express covers both Bankstown and neighbouring local government area Canterbury.

Sport

The major sport in Bankstown City is Rugby League. ^{[citation needed]} There is one local team in the National Rugby League called the Bulldogs. The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. ... Canterbury Leagues Club, Belmore The Bulldogs (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) are a team in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia. ...

Bankstown City was also home to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Velodrome. The Velodrome now holds International Cycling Events. It is known as the Dunc Gray Velodrome. It most recently was part of the Australian Youth Olympics 2007. ^{[citation needed]} The Games of the XXVII Olympiad were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... Edgar L. Dunc Gray (July 17, 1906 - 30 August 1996) was a track cyclist from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia who won Australias first Olympic Games medal in cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam: a bronze medal for the 1000m Time Trial. ...

There is a major cricket ground in Bankstown, Bankstown Oval . It occasionally hosts home games for the New South Wales Blues in the Ford Ranger Cup. Bankstown Oval is a multi-use stadium in Sydney, Australia. ... The New South Wales Blues are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The Ford Ranger One Day Cup is the most recent name of the domestic List A cricket (One-day/limited overs cricket) competition in Australia. ...

There are several junior rugby league and soccer teams. Some main fields include the Crest, Walshaw Park, Middleton Park and Graf Park. There is also a Basketball Stadium in the City, and a horse raceway.

The City Council manages four swimming centres, in Birrong, Greenacre, Revesby and Villawood. The Wran Leisure Centre in Villawood also includes a sauna, squash and tennis courts. There is one public Golf Course, Sefton Golf Course, and a number of private ones. Birrong is a suburb in the south-west of Sydney, Australia. ... Greenacre is a residential suburb in the south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Revesby is a residential suburb of southwestern Sydney, Australia. ... Villawood is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ...

The three storey complex of Central Bankstown Library, opened in 1983.

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Facilities

Bankstowns main Hospital is the Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, a 454-bed Major Metropolitan Acute General Hospital. Opened in 1996, Bankstown Licombe Hospital is a Major Metropolitan Acute General Hospital providing 454 beds and caters for approximately 30,000 inpatient separations per year. ...

Major educational sites include the Bankstown Campus of the University of Western Sydney, and TAFE NSW Bankstown College. Bankstown also has a large central library, which services the Bankstown metropolitan area, alongside smaller branches in other suburbs including Padstow, Greenacre and Chester Hill. The University of Western Sydney (UWS) is a large, multi-campused and comprehensive metropolitan University with 35,000 students and 2,500 staff members. ... Technical and Further Education or TAFE institutions are a type of adult education organisation in Australia. ...

Transport

Roads

The M5 motorway runs through the Bankstown suburbs of Padstow, Revesby and Milperra, and is accessible by ramps on Henry Lawson Drive, The River Road and Fairford Road. The M5 links Bankstown to Sydney International Airport, Sydney City, Campbelltown and other outer south-western suburbs. Metroad 5 (M5) is a main arterial route linking Sydneys city centre to its south western suburbs and beyond. ...

Other major routes to the City include Canterbury Road and the Hume Highway. Stacey Street is a main north-south route. There is also a scenic Henry Lawson Drive which runs along the Georges River Foreshore.

Rail

Railway formed an important part of the development of Bankstown. After the extension of the railway from Belmore to Bankstown, rapid development of the area followed - so much so that the commercial centre of Bankstown moved from its former position in Irish Town (Now Yagoona) on Liverpool Road to the vicinity of Bankstown railway station, Sydney. Belmore is: a town in the United States: Belmore, Ohio a suburb of Sydney, Australia: Belmore, New South Wales This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bankstown is the principal railway station on the CityRail Bankstown line, for which the line is named. ...

Today, two railway lines of the CityRail network provide passenger services to the Bankstown local government area. Yagoona, Bankstown, Wiley Park and Punchbowl railway stations of the Bankstown line line service the north part of the local government area, while Padstow, Revesby, Panania and East Hills railway stations of the East Hills railway line service the south. The Bankstown Line will be altered as part of CityRail's Clearways project. The Bankstown Line will now run from Liverpool to the City via Bankstown, or Liverpool to Lidcombe via Regents Park. Commuters on the Bankstown Line will not longer be able to catch a direct service to the City via Regents Park and Lidcome without changing lines at Lidcome station. This article is on the commuter rail network centred on Sydney, Australia. ... This is the next station west of Bankstown and is situated virtually next to the Hume Highway. ... Bankstown is the principal railway station on the CityRail Bankstown line, for which the line is named. ... Wiley Park - Side Platform on Double Line Wiley Park is a CityRail railway station on Sydneys Bankstown railway line. ... Punchbowl is a railway station on the CityRail Bankstown railway line, Sydney. ... The Bankstown Line is part of the metropolitan rail network of Sydney known as CityRail. ... Padstow station is currently an ordinary CityRail intermediate station on the East Hills line with an island platform serving two tracks. ... Revesby railway station is an intermediate station on the East Hills line of the CityRail network. ... Panania railway station is typical of those on the East Hills line. ... East Hills is an intermediate terminus on the East Hills line, Sydney, Australia, which continues to join the Main South Line at Glenfield. ... Airport and East Hills line (green) The Airport and East Hills is a railway line in Sydney, part of the CityRail metropolitan network. ... This article is on the commuter rail network centred on Sydney, Australia. ...

Bankstown is also served by the Sydney Freight Terminal in Chullora. The intermodal terminal is one of Sydney's largest freight terminals. Chullora is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Airport

Bankstown Airport is Australia's busiest general aviation airport. It is located west of the CBD. The Airport site is owned by the Federal government. Sydney Metropolitan Airport - Bankstown (formerly Bankstown Airport (IATA: BWU, ICAO: YSBK) is a general aviation airport and business park located in Bankstown, 22 km from the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Natural environment

On the lower eastern border of Bankstown local government area, sandwiched between the Bankstown suburb of Padstow and the Hurstville suburb of Riverwood is the Salt Pan Creek. The creek is a saltmarsh and mangrove swamp that extends from Canterbury Road to Georges River. There is also a number of bushland/park land areas in Bass Hill and Georges Hall. The City of Hurstville is a Local Government Area within Sydney, Australia. ... Belmore Road, Riverwood, Sydney Riverwood is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Salt Pan Creek is a small creek located between the suburbs of Padstow and Riverwood, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Georges River is a waterway in the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... Bass Hill is a suburb in the south-west of Sydney, Australia. ... Georges Hall is a suburb of the city of Bankstown, in Sydney, Australia. ...

Famous Residents

Famous residents who lived or grew up in Bankstown include:

• Tahir Bilgiç, Comedian of Turkish heritage, Actor in Fat Pizza TV series.
• Bryan Brown, Australian actor.
• Paulini Curuenavuli, finalist from the first Australian Idol;
• Casey Donovan, winner of the second Australian Idol;
• Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia;
• Terry Lamb, former Rugby League player for Canterbury Bulldogs and Australia.
• Vince Sorrenti, Comedian. Also went to Bankstown Boys High School.
• Ian Thorpe, World-record holding swimmer and Olympian.
• Andrew and Michael Tierney from Human Nature;
• the Waugh brothers: Steve and Mark Waugh, former Australian cricket players;

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Sister cities

Sister Cities of Bankstown include:

• Broken Hill, Outback New South Wales.

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• Suita, Osaka Japan.

Bankstown signed its first international Sister City agreement with Suita City, Japan, in March 1989. ^[7] Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Suita (吹田市; -shi) is a city located in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. ... Osaka )   is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of HonshÅ«. The city is the capital of Osaka Prefecture. ...

• Colorado Springs, Colorado USA.

Colorado students in Bankstown signed a new Sister City Agreement with Colorado Springs, home of the United States Olympic Committee, on 13 July 2001. ^[7] Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Colorado Springs is a middle-sized city, located just east of the geographic center of the state of Colorado in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various international sports federations. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

• Yangcheon City, Korea.

In 1997, Bankstown signed a Friendship Agreement with Yangcheon City in South Korea, resulting in the establishment of youth exchanges and the sharing of information between both local authorities. During a tour in 2001, Bankstown Council delegates met with Korean officials to discuss ways of promoting Bankstown companies with a view to creating new export markets. The Cities exchanged details of Management Planning Processes and inspections of community facilities took place in Yangcheon. A Sister City Agreement was subsequently signed with Yangcheon City in September 2002. ^[7] Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... This article is about the Korean civilization. ...

Suburbs of the City of Bankstown

Bankstown City Council's Civic Tower provides the largest single conglomeration of government offices. It houses the Department of Local Government and Cooperatives and the Environmental Protection Authority. [1]

The water tower known as Bankstown Reservoir is a heritage item managed by Sydney Water. In 1826, bush rangers were hanged on the site^{[citation needed]} where the water tower now stands.

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• Bankstown
• Bankstown Aerodrome
• Bass Hill
• Birrong
• Chester Hill
• Chullora
• Condell Park
• East Hills
• Georges Hall
• Greenacre
• Lansdowne
• Leightonfield
• Milperra
• Mount Lewis
• One Tree Point
• Padstow
• Padstow Heights
• Panania
• Picnic Point
• Potts Hill
• Punchbowl
• Regents Park
• Revesby
• Revesby Heights
• Sefton
• Villawood
• Yagoona

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Bankstown in the Context of Sydney

Bankstown City is located within the metropolitan area of Sydney. In 2006, the NSW government released the new planning strategy for Sydney and surrounds, known as the City of Cities plan for Sydney. The plan identifies Bankstown as a 'Major Centre' for the south west Sydney region. Bankstown Airport was also identified as a 'Specialist Centre' and the Hume Highway as part of a potential transport corridor.

References

1. ^ "Bankstown Council - Development Over Time." Retrieved on July 20, 2007.
2. ^ "Community Profile - Summary." Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
3. ^ "Community Profile - Workers." Retrieved on July 29, 2007.
4. ^ "Nation Regional Profile (Australian Bureau of Statistics)." Retrieved on July 17, 2007.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Community Profile - Place of Birth." Retrieved on July 22, 2007.
6. ^ ^{a b} "About Bankstown - Yesterday and Today." Retrieved on July 12, 2007.
7. ^ ^{a b c d} "Bankstown's Sister Cities (PDF)." Retrieved on July 20, 2007.

• Bankstown Historical Society (1991), Historical Tour of the Bankstown District, 5th Edition
• Sue Rosen (1996), Bankstown, a Sense of Identity
• About Bankstown - Yesterday & Today

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External links

• Comparative Information on New South Wales Local Government Councils 2000/2001
• Bankstown City Council Website
• City of Bankstown: Community Profile
• 2001 Census Information
• Local Government Areas, Bankstown
• Looking to the future, Community 2003