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Bankstown City Council Council formed to administer the Bankstown municipality in 1895, which became a city in 1980. It was merged with Canterbury Council in 2016.
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Bankstown ; Population, 34,933 (2021 census) ; Established, 1795 ; Postcode(s), 2200 ; Elevation, 29 m (95 ft) ; Location, 19 km (12 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD.
Bankstown Civic Tower, opened in 1990, was the primary offices of Bankstown council from 1997–2016. It is now the offices of the City of Canterbury Bankstown.
The Sydney Metropolitan Airport, more commonly known as Bankstown Airport, was established in 1940 and is constructed on 313 hectares. It has three runways ...
Bankstown Arts Centre is a refurbished cultural facility, now on the site of Bankstown Olympic Pool, previously known as Bankstown Baths which opened in 1933.
Population growth took place from the late 1800s, as railway lines were opened and land was subdivided, particularly in the areas closest to Sydney. Rapid ...
The Sydney Metropolitan Airport, more commonly known as Bankstown Airport, was established in 1940 and is constructed on 313 hectares. It has three runways ...
In the years since European settlement, Canterbury and Bankstown operated as two separate Local Government Areas, each with their own wards and suburbs. On 12 ...
District of Bankstown was named by Governor Hunter in 1797 in honour of botanist Sir Joseph Banks, who travelled to Australia with Captain James Cook in 1770.
It was formed in 2016 by the merger of the Canterbury and Bankstown local government areas.