Padstow Heights, a suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of local government area City of Bankstown

City of Bankstown

The City of Bankstown is a city and Local Government Area in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, centred on the suburb of Bankstown....

, is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...

, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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, and is a part of the South-western Sydney

South-western Sydney

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 region. Padstow

Padstow, New South Wales

Padstow, a suburb of local government area City of Bankstown, is located 22 kilometres inner 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....

 is a separate suburb to the north and One Tree Point is a locality within Padstow Heights.

Padstow Heights is a mostly residential suburb bounded on the east by Salt Pan Creek

Salt Pan Creek

Salt Pan Creek is a small creek located in the Salt Pan Creek catchment area, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located between the suburbs of Padstow and Riverwood and feeds into the Georges River. The catchment area covers about 26km2, with 11.7km2 of this...

 and to the south by the Georges River

Georges River

The Georges River is a waterway in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It rises to the south-west of Sydney near the coal mining town of Appin, and then flows north past Campbelltown, roughly parallel to the Main South Railway...

. The Alfords Point Bridge

Alfords Point Bridge, New South Wales

Alfords Point Bridge is one of three major road crossings of the lower Georges River. It was opened on the 7 September 1973. The bridge links Padstow Heights in the City of Bankstown to Alfords Point in the Sutherland Shire...

 links Padstow Heights to Alfords Point

Alfords Point, New South Wales

Alfords Point is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Alfords Point is located 28 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire in the area commonly called Menai...

 in the Sutherland Shire

Sutherland Shire

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.

History

The Padstow area was first named Padstow Park Estate after a town called Padstow

Padstow

Padstow is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary approximately five miles northwest of Wadebridge, ten miles northwest of Bodmin and ten miles northeast of Newquay...

 in Cornwall

Cornwall

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, England

England

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. It was named for being the "holy place of St Petrock" (not to be confused with St Patrick), an important Cornish saint.

Notable residents

Roger Rogerson

Roger Rogerson

Roger Caleb Rogerson is a controversial former detective-sergeant of the New South Wales Police Force. Rogerson was convicted of perverting the course of justice and lying to the 1999 Police Integrity Commission...

- controversial former detective-sergeant of the New South Wales Police Force

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