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Picnic Point, New South Wales

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Picnic Point
city	Sydney
state	nsw
alternative_location_map	Australia NSW metro Sydney
pushpin_map_caption	Location in greater metropolitan Sydney
coordinates
local_map	yes
zoom	13
lga	City of Canterbury-Bankstown
postcode	2213
pop_year
pop_footnotes
elevation	26
stategov	East Hills
fedgov	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	Padstow
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. It is a part of the local government area of City of Canterbury-Bankstown, and is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Picnic Point is a residential suburb on the northern bank of the Georges River. Located within Picnic Point is Yeramba Lagoon which is the largest tract of National Park within the Canterbury–Bankstown Council, it is home to numerous species of native fauna and flora.

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. Picnic Point was gazetted as a suburb in 1975, with new boundaries gazetted in 1994.

During World War II, Picnic Point National Park was the location of a remote receiving station and operations bunker that was owned and operated by the RAAF. This facility was used in conjunction with two other facilities, one of them located in Bankstown, the Bankstown Bunker, which was RAAF headquarters at the time and the other in Bass Hill which was a transmitting station in Johnston Road. The location of the remote receiving station in Picnic Point is now located under the Transgrid South Sydney electricity sub station.{{Citation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623131501/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3284735&I=1&SE=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-06-23

Schools

Picnic Point High School
Picnic Point Public School

Sport 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.

References

{{Census 2016 AUS
''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia {{ISBN. 0-207-14495-8
''Geographical Names Board'', "Picnic Point"
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071118090924/http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/bunkers/bankstownremotereceivingbuilding.htm Bankstown Remote Receiving Building, during WW2]
see map – [[:File:Bankstown01.jpg]]
[http://www.picnicpt-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Picnic Point High School]
[http://www.picnicpt-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Picnic Point Public School]

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