Picnic Point, New South Wales
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Picnic Point, a suburb of
South-western Sydney region . Picnic Point is a residential suburb on the northern bank of the Georges River
. Located within Picnic Point is Yeramba Lagoon which is the largest tract of National Park within the Canterbury – Bankstown Council, it is home to numerous species of native fauna and flora.
History
Picnic Point was the name given to the geographical feature on the Georges River. The suburb was originally part of East Hills, which stretched south from Bankstown to the river and east to The River Road.[3] Picnic Point was gazetted as a suburb in 1975, with new boundaries gazetted in 1994.[4]
During
RAAF.[5] This facility was used in conjunction with two other facilities, one of them located in Bankstown, the Bankstown Bunker, which was RAAF headquarters at the time and the other in Bass Hill which was a transmitting station in Johnston Road. The location of the remote receiving station in Picnic Point is now located under the Transgrid South Sydney electricity sub station.[6][7]
Schools
- Picnic Point High School[8]
- Picnic Point Public School[9]
Sport and recreation
Picnic Point features a number of parks and reserves along the river, including the
waterskiing and wakeboarding
.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Picnic Point (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Picnic Point (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ISBN 0-207-14495-8
- ^ Geographical Names Board, "Picnic Point"
- ^ Bankstown Remote Receiving Building, during WW2
- ^ see map – File:Bankstown01.jpg
- ^ W/T. Transmit. Stn. of Bankstown, N.S.W., National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 23 June 2009
- ^ Picnic Point High School
- ^ Picnic Point Public School
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