Banksmeadow
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thumb|right|275px|View of Banksmeadow from Eastgardens Shopping Centre, with Botany Athletic Centre in the foreground Banksmeadow is a suburb located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, within the state of New South Wales, Australia. Situated 11 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Bayside Council. Banksmeadow is positioned on the northern shores of Botany Bay.
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- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 508
- Shares border with
- Matraville
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- Banksmeadow, New South Wales
- postal code
- 2019
- male population
- 10
- female population
- 6
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thumb|right|275px|View of Banksmeadow from Eastgardens Shopping Centre, with Botany Athletic Centre in the foreground Banksmeadow is a suburb located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, within the state of New South Wales, Australia. Situated 11 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Bayside Council. Banksmeadow is positioned on the northern shores of Botany Bay.
==History== The naming of Banksmeadow (formerly “Banks Meadow”) pays tribute to the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks, who journeyed to Australia alongside Captain James Cook in 1770. Their initial landfall occurred at Botany Bay on April 29, 1770, during their navigation around Australia aboard the Endeavour. In the early 1970s, extensive land reclamation took place in Botany Bay, resulting in the creation of a foreshore beach, a golf course, and the substantial container port facilities of Patricks and Hutchison.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banksmeadow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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