Revesby Heights Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 1,916 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2212 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 24 km (15 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Canterbury-Bankstown | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | East Hills | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Banks | ||||||||||||||
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Revesby Heights, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is 24 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.
Revesby Heights is located on the northern bank of the Georges River and west of Little Salt Pan Creek. [2]
Revesby was named in 1913 in honour of Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), the famous 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.
De La Salle College provides education for boys in years 7–12. [5]
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]
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by the New South Wales Rugby League, including the Canterbury Cup NSW, the Jersey Flegg Cup, Harvey Norman Women's Premiership, Tarsha Gale Cup, S. G. Ball Cup and the Harold Matthews Cup.
Bankstown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 19 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Canterbury-Bankstown region. Bankstown is the administrative centre of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, having previously been the administrative centre of the City of Bankstown prior to the 2016. It is the most populous suburb within the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Hurlstone Park is located nine kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is mostly in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, and partly in the Inner West Council. The suburb is bounded by: the Cooks River to the south, Garnet Street to the east, New Canterbury Road to the north, Canterbury Road to the north-west, and Church Street to the west.
The Division of Banks is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Padstow, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 21 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney region. Padstow is a mostly residential suburb bounded on the north by Bankstown and on the east by Salt Pan Creek, which is a stream feeding into the Georges River. The M5 South Western Motorway traverses the northern end of the suburb, which is also the location of a number of light industrial facilities.
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East Hills, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 26 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney region, near larger areas like Revesby and Bankstown.
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LaSalle Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, located in Bankstown, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The De La Salle Brothers run the college in the tradition of Saint John Baptist de La Salle.
De La Salle Catholic College Revesby Heights, also referred to as De La Salle College Revesby, is an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Revesby Heights, A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. De La Salle caters for approximately 620 students from Year 7 to Year 12.