Bankstown
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Bankstown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 19 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Canterbury-Bankstown region. Bankstown is the administrative centre and most populous suburb of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, having previously been the administrative centre of the City of Bankstown prior to 2016.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- suburb
- Australian place.name
- Bankstown
- Australian place.city
- Sydney
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- File:Bankstown CBD Aerial view.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- Bankstown CBD
- Australian place.local_map
- yes
- Australian place.zoom
- 12
- Australian place.lga
- City of Canterbury-Bankstown
- Australian place.postcode
- 2200
- Australian place.alternative_location_map
- Australia NSW metro Sydney
- Australian place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in metropolitan Sydney
- Australian place.pop
- 34,933
- Australian place.elevation
- 29
- Australian place.est
- 1795
- Australian place.stategov
- Bankstown
- Australian place.fedgov
- Watson
- Australian place.fedgov2
- Banks
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- suburb
- Named after
- Joseph Banks
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- City of Canterbury-Bankstown
- Population
- 34933
- Elevation
- 32
- Capital of
- City of Canterbury-Bankstown
- Shares border with
- Mount Lewis
- Image
- Bankstown CBD skyline.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Colorado Springs
- Commons category
- Bankstown, New South Wales
- postal code
- 2200
- male population
- 15831
- female population
- 16283
- associated electoral district
- Watson
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- World War II
- Bankstown Bunker
- Post World War II
- Heritage
- Climate
- Commercial area
- Transport
- Parks
- Education
- Primary and secondary education
- Tertiary education
- Sports
- Community facilities
- Health
- Library
- Places of worship
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Bankstown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 19 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Canterbury-Bankstown region. Bankstown is the administrative centre and most populous suburb of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, having previously been the administrative centre of the City of Bankstown prior to 2016.
==History== ===Early history=== Before European settlement, Cumberland Plains woodland occupied much of the area. Turpentine ironbark forest covered much of what is now Bankstown. The land was occupied by the Bediagal people. Their land bordered the Dharawal and the Darung people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bankstown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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