Bass Hill Sydney, New South Wales
Established:	1924
Postcode:	2197
Location:	km ( mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	City of Bankstown
Suburbs around Bass Hill: Villawood Chester Hill Sefton Lansdowne Bass Hill Yagoona Lansvale Georges Hall Condell Park

Bass Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bass Hill is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Bankstown and is part of the South-western Sydney region. Bass Hill is home to the Dunc Gray velodrome that was used for track cycling events during the 2000 Olympic Games.

History

Bass Hill is named after George Bass (1771-1803), a surgeon and explorer who was granted land here in 1798. He had arrived in the colony in 1795 on the HMS Reliance and became friendly with midshipman Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) and on arrival they decided to explore parts of the colony. In 1796 on a small boat called the Tom Thumb accompanied by a boy servant William Martin, they sailed into Botany Bay and explored the Georges River, twenty miles beyond previous expeditions. They sailed as far as present day Georges Hall. For their exploration efforts Bass and Flinders were rewarded with 100 acre land grants in this area by Governor Hunter.

The area developed rapidly after the completion of Liverpool Road in 1814. Originally known as Irish Town because of the Irish settlements, it later became known as Upper Bankstown. It became officially known as Bass Hill in October 1924.

Education

Bass Hill is serviced by two schools, Bass Hill Public School for years K-6 and Bass High School for years 7-12.

There plans proposed by the Al Amanah Islamic College to build a private school next to Bass Hill High school, which has been met with heavy opposition by residents who argue that the establishment of the school would create serious traffic and noise problems. [1]

Sport

Bass Hill is home to many sporting fields and facilities which cater for sports such as Athletics, Cricket, Cycling, Hockey, Rugby League and Soccer.

The Crest sporting complex is the major sporting complex in the area and contains the Dunc Gray Velodrome which was home of the cycling events for the 2000 Summer Olympics and the Cycling World Cup, a state of the art athletics complex, soccer fields, hockey fields, soccer fields and cricket fields.

The Crest is home to the Sydney Bulls Jim Beam Cup Rugby League Team, South West Strikers Soccer Club, South West Strikers Hockey Club, Banksports Athletics, Bankstown Sports Cycling Club and Bankstown Sports Gymnastics.

Culture

The Australian rock Band the Grumpy Justins was founded in Bass Hill in the early 1990s.

Population

In the 2006 Australian Census the population of Bass Hill was recorded at 7 224. Like the rest of the Bankstown Area Bass Hill is a very culturally diverse suburb with 32.5% of residents being born overseas. Of these the largest groups came from Lebanon, Vietnam, Italy, China and New Zealand.

See also

• Bankstown Bunker - A disused RAAF operations bunker that was used during World War II.

References

• The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

• Bankstown Council - How Did Your Suburb Get Its Name?
• 2006 Census Quickstats: Bass Hill

External links

Coordinates: 33°′″S 150°′″E / -33.90092, 150.99490

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, Google Maps, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and MSN Live Local.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown | South-western Sydney | Sydney
Bankstown | Bass Hill | Birrong | Chester Hill | Chullora | Condell Park | East Hills | Georges Hall | Greenacre | Milperra | Mount Lewis | Padstow | Padstow Heights | Panania | Picnic Point | Potts Hill | Punchbowl | Revesby | Revesby Heights | Sefton | Villawood | Yagoona
List of Sydney suburbs

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