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 Rainbow in Neptune Park | |||||||||||||
  Revesby Heights Location ingreater metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates:33°58′5″S151°1′4″E / 33.96806°S 151.01778°E /-33.96806; 151.01778 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 1,916 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2212 | ||||||||||||
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Revesby Heights is asuburb inSouth-western Sydney in the state ofNew South Wales, Australia. It is part of thelocal government area ofCity of Canterbury-Bankstown, and is located 24 kilometres south-west of theSydney central business district.
Revesby Heights is located on the northern bank of theGeorges River and west of LittleSalt Pan Creek.[3]
Revesby was named in 1913 in honour of SirJoseph Banks (1743–1820), the famousbotanist who sailed with CaptainJames Cook on the Endeavour, when he discovered the east coast of Australia in 1770. Banks had inherited his father's estate of Revesby Abbey, inLincolnshire,England, so he was known as the Squire of Revesby. He is also commemorated in the Sir Joseph Banks High School in Turvey Street.[4]
Revesby Heights was known as Hero's Hill in recognition of returned service men who obtained affordable government housing in the area. The Hero's Hill servicemen's club was founded soon after these returned service men settled in the area afterWorld War II. This club later became known as Revesby Heights Ex-Servicemen's Club.[5] This club ceased trading in June 2013.
De La Salle College provides education for boys in years 7–12.[6]
Revesby Heights Junior Rugby League Football Club, part of the Canterbury Bankstown District Junior Rugby League, is arugby league club that operates from Neptune Park. Known locally as "Heighties", the club has supplied many first grade and representative players to theNational Rugby League over its 40-year history. For the 2007 season the club has fielded 12 Junior and one Senior U/15s team. The club is the only one in the district to have its own organised cheerleading squad made up of young girls and boys from the area.[7]
