East Hills, New South Wales

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 Sydney, New South Wales
Maclaurin Avenue, East Hills
Population	3,206 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2213
Location	26 km (16 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Canterbury-Bankstown
State electorate(s)	East Hills
Federal Division(s)	Banks
Suburbs around East Hills: Panania Panania Panania Voyager Point East Hills Panania Pleasure Point Sandy Point Picnic Point

East Hills is a residential 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.[2]

Population

According to the 2016 census, there were 3,206 residents in East Hills. 68.8% of people were born in Australia. 66.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 4.6% and Vietnamese 3.9%. The most common ancestries were Australian 24.2%, English 20.7%, Irish 6.8%, Chinese 4.9% and Scottish 4.4%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 27.2%, No Religion 18.2% and Anglican 17.5%.[1]

Commercial area

East Hills Hotel, Maclaurin Avenue

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A small group of shops is located in Maclaurin Avenue, beside East Hills railway station. The East Hills Hotel is also located here.

Transport

East Hills railway station is on the Airport & South Line of the Sydney Trains network. Parts of East Hills are serviced by buses operated by Transdev NSW, generally following the routes established by McVicar's Bus Services.

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  Georges River at East Hills
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  Footbridge over Georges River
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  Footbridge over Georges River
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  Railway bridge over Georges River

Schools

East Hills has two high schools and one primary school: East Hills Boys, East Hills Girls Technology High School and East Hills Primary School.

Sport

East Hills has a successful baseball club and the East Hills Bulldogs compete in the Canterbury-Bankstown District Junior Rugby League competition with Smith Park their home ground.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "East Hills (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 January 2019. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
2. The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 91