Picnic Point, New South Wales
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| Picnic Point Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Yeramba Lagoon, Picnic Point |
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| Postcode: | 2213 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Bankstown | ||||||||||||
| State District: | East Hills | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Division of Banks | ||||||||||||
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Picnic Point is a suburb, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Picnic Point is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Bankstown. Picnic Point is bordered to the north by the suburbs of Revesby, Revesby Heights, Panania and East Hills.
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[edit] 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.
During WWII, Picnic Point National Park was the location of a remote receiving station and operations bunker that was owned and operated by the RAAF[1]. 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.[2][3]
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[edit] Sport and Recreation
Picnic Point is a residential suburb located on the northern bank of the Georges River. Picnic Point features a number of parks and reserves along the river, including the Georges River National Park. As the suburb’s name suggests, the area is popular with picnickers. The boat ramps provide access to the river for boating and watersports such as waterskiing and wakeboarding.
 view from Lambeth Park |
 view from Fitzpatrick Park |
[edit] References
- ^ Bankstown Remote Receiving Building, Bankstown, New South Wales, during WW2
- ^ see map - Image:Bankstown01.jpg
- ^ W/T. Transmit. Stn. of Bankstown, N.S.W., National Archives of Australia, <http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3284735&I=1&SE=1>
- ^ Picnic Point High School
- ^ Picnic Point Public School
[edit] External links
- Picnic Point, New South Wales is at coordinates Coordinates:
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