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East Hills

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City of Canterbury-Bankstown NSW, PO Box 8, East Hills, NSW 2213
02 9707 9000

Description

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.

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.

East Hills is a small suburb on the northern bank of the Georges River.The adjacent suburbs are Panania and Picnic Point. Nearby suburbs on the opposite bank of the Georges River include Pleasure Point, Voyager Point, Sandy Point and Hammondville.

History

East Hills was the name used to describe the whole area south of Bankstown to the Georges River and east to The River Road. George Johnstone (1790–1820) was granted 500 acres (2.0 km2) here in 1804 and called it New Jerusalem. It was west of The River Road between Bransgrove and Tomson Streets. Robert Gardiner a tenant on the property called his farm East Hills, possibly after the region of that name near Liverpool, England and since this area is close to another Liverpool. In 1828 Thomas Graham was granted 640 acres (2.6 km2), south of Johnston’s land, which he sold to Charles Tompson in 1835. The area to the west was bought by George Nicholas Weston in 1838.

In 1893, the area was subdivided and named East Hills after the farm. The railway line was opened in 1931 and East Hills was the terminating station. This line was extended in 1987 to a new station at Holsworthy and connected to the Main South Line at Glenfield and on to Campbelltown.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1.427 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 11 m

Population number: 3,206

Local Government Area: City of Canterbury-Bankstown

Location

City of Canterbury-Bankstown NSW, PO Box 8, East Hills, NSW 2213

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on East Hills, New South Wales

East Hills - Localista

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