McLeod Reserve

McLeod Reserve

Friendship Garden

Bankstown Public School Well

McLeod Reserve is a park situated along the Hume Highway in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.

Bankstown's First Public School

In 1862 the Church of England School was first opened and was commissioned as a public school in 1867. Bankstown's first public school was built where McLeod Reserve is currently situated in 1880. In 1882 49 boys and 36 girls were enrolled, and upkeep expenses totalled 219 pounds, eight shillings and 11 pence. The school's first headmaster was Dugald McLeod who taught at the school since its opening until 1912. The site of the well used by Bankstown Public is today commemorated by a plaque.

The school was demolished in 1924 due to the development of North Bankstown School in the same year.

Bankstown's First Sister City

Play Equipment

Bankstown signed its first international Sister City agreement with Suita, Osaka, Japan, in March 1989.^[1] In 1995 Suita donated two traditional Japanese stone lanterns to commemorate the founding of Bankstown.

In August 1999 a friendship garden was established within McLeod Reserve to symbolise Bankstown's sister city relationship with Suita.

References

↑ "Bankstown's Sister Cities (PDF)." Retrieved on July 20, 2007.

McLeod Reserve is at coordinates 33°54′28″S 151°01′55″E / 33.907848°S 151.032035°E / -33.907848; 151.032035Coordinates: 33°54′28″S 151°01′55″E / 33.907848°S 151.032035°E / -33.907848; 151.032035

City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown	Bankstown Bass Hill Birrong Chester Hill Chullora Condell Park East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Sefton Villawood Yagoona

War history	Bankstown Bunker No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF History of Bankstown during World War II HMS Nabberley

Crime	Bilal Skaf Milperra massacre Roger Rogerson Sydney gang rapes Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

Education	Alphacrucis Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown City Library Bankstown Girls Birrong Girls High School Bass High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney

Public transport bus service	Highway Tours McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company South Western Coach Lines Transdev NSW

Public transport by rail	Airport line Bankstown Line Bankstown station Birrong station Chester Hill station Leightonfield station Punchbowl station Sefton station Villawood station Yagoona station East Hills station Padstow station Panania station Revesby station

Sports facilities & Public parks	Bankstown Oval Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Middleton Park Mirambeena Regional Park O'Neill Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex

Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Sports teams	Bankstown Berries Bankstown Bruins Bankstown City Bulls Bankstown City Lions Bankstown District Cricket Club Bankstown RSL Dragons Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Akmal Saleh Anh Do Brett Emerton Brett Holman Bryan Brown Casey Donovan Christian Heim Danny Adcock Geoff Robinson Hard-Ons Ian Thorpe John Burgess Mamdouh Habib Mark Waugh Paul Keating Paulini Curuenavuli Steve Waugh Tahir Bilgiç Terry Lamb Vince Sorrenti

Other topics	Bankstown Bites Food Festival Canterbury-Bankstown Bankstown Central Shopping Centre Division of Banks Electoral district of Bankstown (results)

List of Sydney suburbs

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