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Electoral District Of Bankstown
Bankstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It has historically been one of the safest seats in New South Wales. It is currently represented by independent Tania Mihailuk. Bankstown includes the suburbs of Bankstown, Bass Hill, Birrong, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Punchbowl, Regents Park, Revesby, Sefton, Villawood, Yagoona Yagoona, a suburb of the local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 20 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 regi .... Members for Bankstown Election results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bankstown Electoral districts of New South Wales 1927 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1927 City of Canterbury-Bankstown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Mihailuk
Tania Mihailuk is an Australian politician who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Bankstown from 2011 to 2023, as a member of the Labor Party, and later as a member of One Nation from October 2022 to March 2023. She is running for the Legislative Council on the One Nation ticket in 2023. Mihailuk became the first woman to represent Bankstown in its 80-plus-year history. She previously served as mayor of the City of Bankstown, a position she held from 2006 to 2012. Background and education Mihailuk attended Macquarie University and graduated with a degree in economics and later a degree in law. She has worked in various industries, including marketing and public policy. Political career Mihailuk was elected to Bankstown Council in 2004 and became mayor in 2006. She was endorsed as the Labor candidate for Bankstown in November 2010 after sitting member Tony Stewart announced his resignation. She stated she would resign from council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Hill, New South Wales
Chester Hill, a suburb of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area, is located 19 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is part of Western Sydney, Chester Hill shares the postcode of 2162 with the neighbouring suburb of Sefton. History An early market garden and orchard area north-west of Bankstown, it developed into a residential and light industrial area after the Regents Park railway line came through in 1924. The construction site of the station was known as ''Boroya'', an aboriginal word of unknown meaning, but when the station opened on 8 October 1924, it carried the name ''Chester Hill''. A local resident, Miss H. A. McMillan first suggested that the new railway station should be called Hillcrest (after an estate near Regent's Park), but many objections were raised and the name was discarded. Miss McMillan then suggested Hillchester, after a quaint town in England, but this also was not w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McGirr
James "Jim" McGirr, JP (6 February 1890 – 27 October 1957) was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952. A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary McGirr, whose maiden name was O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, he grew up on a dairy farm near that town. Educated mostly at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, he was later apprenticed to his brother Greg McGirr, a pharmacist at Parkes. He soon forfeited his apprenticeship to work in stockyards for a while, but had to give up that work when he was thrown from a horse and seriously injured. Subsequently, he resumed his apprenticeship and attended the University of Sydney; he was registered as a pharmacist in 1913. Employed by Washington H. Soul Pattinson in Pitt Street, he later opened a pharmacy in Parkes, specialising in veterinarians' prescriptions. Later still, he operated pharmacies in partnership with his brother in two Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Each house is directly elected by the people of New South Wales at elections held approximately every four years. The Parliament derives its authority from the King of Australia, King Charles III, represented by the Governor of New South Wales, who chairs the Executive Council. The parliament shares law making powers with the Australian Federal (or Commonwealth) Parliament. The New South Wales Parliament follows Westminster parliamentary traditions of dress, Green–Red chamber colours and protocols. It is located in Parliament House on Macquarie Street, Sydney. History The Parliament of New South Wales was the first of the Australian colonial legislatures, with its formation in the 1850s. At the time, New South Wales was a British colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Electoral Commission
The New South Wales Electoral Commission is a statutory agency with responsibility for the administration, organisation, and supervision of elections in New South Wales. It reports to the NSW Government Department of Premier and Cabinet. Responsibilities The NSW Electoral Commission is responsible for the administration, organisation and supervision of elections in New South Wales for state government, local government, industrial and Aboriginal organisations, as well as registered clubs and statutory bodies. It also manages the enrolment of electors and prepares electoral rolls. The Commission determines electoral boundaries using a distribution process, which provides for an approximate equal number of electors in each electoral district with a margin of allowance of plus or minus 10% of the average enrolment. The Electoral Commissioner, in conjunction with a Judge of the Supreme Court and the Surveyor-General, reviews and considers advice prior to determining elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagoona, New South Wales
Yagoona, a suburb of the local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 20 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. Yagoona is an Aboriginal word meaning 'now' or 'today'. It was the site of the first McDonald's restaurant to open in Australia in December 1971. History Before European settlement, the area was originally occupied by the Bediagal people. The area now known as Yagoona—Bass Hill, and north Bankstown—was once known as Irish Town, due to the high concentration of Irish rebels transported here from Ireland in the late 1700s. Land grants were issued to Irish families and finally the suburb of Yagoona was created in 1927. St Matthew's Anglican Church was built on Liverpool Road (now Hume Highway) in 1861 to cater for the Protestants of the district as well as to function as a school. Commercial area The main commercial area i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villawood, New South Wales
Villawood, a suburb of local government areas City of Canterbury-Bankstown and City of Fairfield, is 22 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the Greater Western Sydney region. History The Aboriginal tribe of Gandangara once lived in the area. European settlement began in the early 1840s. During the 1860s, Villawood was used as pastoral land, but it was overrun with wild dogs. Woodville Road, which runs through Villawood, was once named Dog Trap Road because many farmers set dog traps for these wild dogs. A train station opened in 1922 to service the area was originally known as Woodville Road. Unfortunately, there was confusion with another place called Woodville in the Hunter Valley and thus the name was transposed into 'Villawood'. The Villawood area is home to a large public housing estate constructed around the 1950s-1970s consisting of detached cottages, semi-detached townhouses, walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sefton, New South Wales
Sefton – a suburb of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area—is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia. Part of the Western Sydney region, it shares the 2162 postcode with the neighbouring Chester Hill suburb. History The name Sefton was taken from Sefton in Merseyside, England. James Wood gave the name 'Sefton Park' to the of land granted to him in 1839. Prior to subdivision, Sefton was an area of market gardens, orchards and poultry farms. It was the birthplace of property group Stockland in 1952, when founder Ervin Graf undertook a development project of 19 houses in the suburb. Transport and commercial area Sefton railway station is on the Bankstown Line of the Sydney Trains network. There is a small shopping centre clustered around it which is made up of Sefton Growers Market, Sefton Newsagency and a Thai/Australian bistro. Schools Sefton Infants School is a small public school for y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revesby, New South Wales
Revesby, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 22 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. Revesby is mostly a residential suburb, which was developed as part of Sydney's post- war urban sprawl, and contains many modest freestanding bungalows built from asbestos cement sheeting (fibro). Revesby is bounded on the north by Canterbury Road and the suburbs of Bankstown and Condell Park, on the south by Revesby Heights and Picnic Point, on the Georges River, on the west by Panania, and on the east by Padstow. History Revesby was named in 1913 in honour of Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour, when he reached 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regents Park, New South Wales
''Alternate uses: Regents Park (other)'' Regents Park is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Regents Park is located 22 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland Council and City of Canterbury-Bankstown. Regents Park shares the postcode of 2143 with neighbouring suburbs Birrong and Potts Hill. History The suburb took its name from a local property built by Mr Peck and Mr Johnson in 1879, which they had named after Regent's Park, in the north-west of London, United Kingdom. European Settlement The area was originally part of a land grant to Joseph Hyde Potts and the first subdivision was made in 1880. When the school opened in 1899 it was known as Potts Hill School, but became Sefton Park School in 1907 when this area became known as Sefton Park. In 1929 it was changed to Regent Park School. The railway station opened in 1914 as Regents Park but the site was changed in 1924 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punchbowl, New South Wales
Punchbowl is a suburb south west of Sydney, west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. At the , Punchbowl had a population of 20,236. History Punchbowl is named for a circular valley, called "the punch bowl", which is actually located in the nearby suburb of Belfield at the intersection of Coronation Parade, Georges River and Punchbowl Roads. This feature gave its name to "Punch Bowl Road" (now Punchbowl Road). In the 1830s, an inn built by George Faulkener, close to the corner of Liverpool Road, was called the ''Punch and Bowl''. John Stephens had a property there in the 1830s and his son is mentioned in the Wells Gazetteer in 1848, "Clairville or Punchbowl, in the Parishes of St George and Bankstown, is the property of Sir Alfred Stephens". When a railway station opened on this road in 1909, away from the 'punch bowl' itself, the surrounding suburb came to be k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potts Hill, New South Wales
Potts Hill, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is 21 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. Potts Hill shares its postcode of 2143 with neighboring suburbs Regents Park and Birrong. Much of the area of Potts Hill is occupied by the Potts Hill Reservoir owned and operated by Sydney Water. History Potts Hill is named for Joseph Hyde Potts, an accountant in the Bank of New South Wales, who received a grant of in 1833. He originally called his property Hyde Park and had increased his holdings to by 1835. Two reservoirs were built here between 1888 and 1923 as part of the Sydney water supply system. Heritage listings Potts Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Pressure Tunnel and Shafts * Cooper Road: Potts Hill Reservoirs 1 and 2 Potts Hill migrant camp In 1946 the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
