Revesby Heights

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Coordinates: 33°58′5″S 151°1′4″E / 33.96806°S 151.01778°E / -33.96806; 151.01778
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Revesby Heights
Federal division(s)
Banks
Suburbs around Revesby Heights:
Revesby Revesby Padstow
Picnic Point Revesby Heights
Padstow Heights
Picnic Point
Alfords Point
Padstow Heights

Revesby Heights, a

South-western Sydney
region.

Revesby Heights is located on the northern bank of the Georges River and west of Little Salt Pan Creek.[2]

History

Hero's Hill

Revesby was named in 1913 in honour of Sir

botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour, when he discovered the east coast of Australia in 1770. Banks had inherited his father's estate of Revesby Abbey, in Lincolnshire England, so he was known as the Squire of Revesby. He is also commemorated in the Sir Joseph Banks High School in Turvey Street.[3]

Revesby Heights was known as Hero's Hill in recognition of returned service men who obtained affordable government housing in the area. The Hero's Hill servicemen's club was founded soon after these returned service men settled in the area after World War II. This club later became known as Revesby Heights Ex-Servicemen's Club.[4] This club ceased trading in June 2013.

Revesby Heights within the City of Canterbury-Bankstown

Schools

De La Salle College provides education for boys in years 7–12.[5]

Sport and recreation

Revesby Heights Junior Rugby League Football Club, part of the Canterbury Bankstown District Junior Rugby League, is a rugby league club that operates from Neptune Park. Known locally as "Heighties", the club has supplied many first grade and representative players to the National Rugby League over its 40-year history. For the 2007 season the club has fielded 12 Junior and one Senior U/15s team. The club is the only one in the district to have its own organised cheerleading squad made up of young girls and boys from the area.[6]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Revesby Heights (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 April 2015. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Bankstown City Council - Welcome to Bankstown". Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2005. Bankstown Council Website
  3. ISBN 0-207-14495-8
    , page 221
  4. ^ "Hero's Hill - REVESBY HEIGHTS EX-SERVICEMen's CLUB". www.heroshill.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 June 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. ^ De La Salle College Revesby Heights. "De La Salle College Revesby Heights". Dlsrevesby.catholic.edu.au. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ "heighties.com". ww38.heighties.com.

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