Padstow, New South Wales

First developed after World War 2, Padstow is a mostly residential suburb in southwestern Sydney, Australia, located 19 kilometres from the city's Central Business District and administered as part of the City of Bankstown local government area.

Padstow is located on the East Hills railway line west of Riverwood and east of Revesby. It is bounded on the north by Bankstown, while its southern and eastern boundaries are formed by Salt Pan Creek, which is a stream feeding into the Georges River. The M5 Motorway traverses the northern end of the suburb, which is also the location of a number of light industrial facilities.

There are several bus routes that pass through Padstow, all operated by Connex NSW. The 926 travels from Revesby Heights-Bankstown via Padstow and Revesby, The 927 travels from One Tree Point (The southern most tip of Padstow) to Bankstown, the 948 travels from Bankstown-Hurstville via Padstow and Peakhurst and the 962/963 travels from Padstow-Miranda via Menai. These routes in particular are subject to change mid-2006 with the introduction of new routes and cancellation of others in an attempt to increase efficiency by Connex NSW and the State Government.

Interestingly, a number of the streets in the vicinity of Padstow railway station are named for Egyptian themes, including Arab Road, Cairo Avenue, Pyramid Avenue and Sphinx Avenue. To the east of Padstow, on the border with Revesby there is also a group of streets with the names Uranus Road, Mars Street and Neptune Street

Australian Rugby League player Brad Woolford is a well known Padstow local. He was a member of the Illawara Steelers from 1975-1982, and played for Australia in the English test of 1981 as a winger.

Padstow shares its name with a Cornish village which itself was named for being the "holy place of St Petrock" (not to be confused with St Patrick), an important Cornish saint.

The area of Padstow contains four schools - three public schools and one Catholic school. All are K-6, with students then moving to schools in the nearby suburbs of Revesby, Picnic Point, East Hills or Milperra. Padstow North Public School is located on Watson Road, with an access from Halcyon Avenue in as the name suggest, the northern part of the suburb. Padstow Park Public School is located on Faraday Road but is bounded by Doyle Road and Segers Avenue. Padstow Park Public School gains its title from the original name of the suburb 'Padstow Park' at the beginning of the 20th Century. It is the oldest school in the suburb. The other State owned school is on Chamberlain Road at Padstow Heights in the Southern part of Padstow.

St. Therese Primary School is on a property with an address of Chamberlain Road but also has an entrance from Harvey Avenue. The presbetry for the church is located on Harvey Avenue. St. Therese Primary School is a single stream school which was opened in 1963.

The suburb is home to two Junior Soccer Clubs which include Padstow United whose home ground is located at Playford Park at the intersection of Gibson/Cahors/Watson and Sphinx Roads as well as Padstow Hornets which play at Stuart Street Reserve on Stuart Street. In the 1960's the suburb also supported additional soccer clubs including the now defunct clubs of Padstow Pirates Soccer Club( Later re-named to South Bankstown Soccer Club) and the Padstow Hotspurs Soccer Club. The Padstow Pirates and South Bankstown Soccer clubs also had Playford Park as their home ground.

The now defunct St. Lukes Junior Rugby League Club's homeground was at Padstow Park which is on the corner of Davies Road and Banks Road. Padstow Panthers Junior Rugby League Club shares its name with the suburb although its homeground is at the Vale of Ah, Milperra.

External links

• Padstow, Cornwall, UK - Most recent functioning edition from the Internet Archive.