Padstow Heights

Padstow Heights
Sydney, New South Wales

Henry Kendall Avenue, Padstow Heights

Coordinates

33°58′23″S 151°02′06″E / 33.973°S 151.035°ECoordinates: 33°58′23″S 151°02′06″E / 33.973°S 151.035°E

Population

3,491 (2011 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

2211

Location

23 km (14 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD

Suburbs around Padstow Heights:
Revesby	Padstow	Peakhurst
Revesby Heights	Padstow Heights	Riverwood
Picnic Point	Alfords Point	Lugarno

Padstow Heights, a suburb of local government area City of Bankstown, located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the South-western Sydney region. Padstow is a separate suburb to the north and One Tree Point is a locality within Padstow Heights.

Padstow Heights is a mostly residential suburb bounded on the east by Salt Pan Creek and to the south by the Georges River. The Alfords Point Bridge links Padstow Heights to Alfords Point in the Sutherland Shire.

Padstow Heights Reservoir

History

The Padstow area was first named Padstow Park Estate after a town called Padstow in Cornwall, England. It was named for being the "holy place of St Petrock" (not to be confused with St Patrick), an important Cornish saint.^[2]

Notable residents

Roger Rogerson – controversial former detective-sergeant of the New South Wales Police Force

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Padstow Heights (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
↑ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 197

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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

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List of Sydney suburbs

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney, Sydney

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

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