Talk:City of Bankstown

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

Yes it is, however "officially" it is Bankstown Aeorodome. Eliethesame 09:46, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Features of the City of Bankstown

Major features of Bankstown

Bankstown Airport
Bankstown Hospital - Opened in 1957
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

Sources of information

Bankstown Community Directory 2015

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 2014 opening of Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre

Historical Tour of the Bankstown District

5th Edition Published by the Bankstown Historical Society 1991

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?

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

Roads

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

Topics to develop

Bark Huts

Bushranger's Hanging

Wood's Reserve and Lookout

Potts Hill Reservoir

First police station

The church of St Felix

First public school

First Anglican Church

Starlands

Carysfield Hall

Lansdown Bridge and Toll-gates

Loansdown House

The Homestead

Bills Horse Trough

University of Western Sydney - Macarthur

Quarry and Stockade

The Aboriginal axe-grinding stone

The Pah

East Hills Estate

Memorial to Nurse Schwarzel

Railways in Bankstown

Bankstown Civic Centre

Sir Joseph Banks' Monument

The Dane Memorial Fountain

Library

Links

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

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

Infobox Update

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Region change?

In most property guides, Bankstown is always located within the Canterbury-Bankstown region, not the South West region, look at the Herald, Domain.com.au, realestate.com.au or the annual property guides. Shouldn't it be changed to the Canterbury-Bankstown region? Also, shouldn't a new region for Canterbury-Bankstown be added seeing how it's being used in all property guides now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.139.186 (talk) 15:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Burdenism

This word is used in the article, and i cannot figure out what is meant by it. there is some use of "white mans burdenism" on the internet, but ive never heard that phrase before, and in context with multiculturalism, it may come off as some sort of slight. perhaps its a local term (im not australian). Unless someone can explain it, i will probably remove it as either meaningless or potentially an act of vandalism. also, the link at Burdenese is to google, very suspect.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 01:57, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

removed. no such group.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:14, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bankstown Bunker

I'm not sure why this section is in the article - it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the local council? It would seem to be a better fit for the Bankstown article. The Drover's Wife (talk) 05:43, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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