Picnic Point, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Picnic Point
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = Yeramba Lagoon, Picnic Point
lga = City of Bankstown
postcode = 2213
pop =
area =
propval =
est =
stategov = East Hills
fedgov = Division of Banks
near-nw = East Hills
near-n = Panania
near-ne = Revesby
near-w = Pleasure Point
near-e = Revesby Heights
near-sw = Sandy Point
near-s = Holsworthy
near-se = Alfords Point
dist1 = 23
dir1 = south-west
location1= Sydney CBD

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 a residential suburb on the northern bank of the Georges River.

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. [ "The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8 ]

During WWII, Picnic Point National Park was the location of a remote receiving station and operations bunker that was owned and operated by the ] [Citation
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title=W/T. Transmit. Stn. of Bankstown, N.S.W.
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chools

*Picnic Point High School [ [http://www.picnicpt-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Picnic Point High School] ]
*Picnic Point Public School [ [http://www.picnicpt-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Picnic Point Public School] ]

port and Recreation

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.

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