Our Electorate

The Banks federal electorate in Sydney is bound by the Georges River in the south and west, the South Western Motorway in the north and King Georges Road, the Illawarra railway line, Jubilee Avenue the Princes Highway and Terry Street in the east.

The suburbs include:

  • Allawah,
  • Carlton (part),
  • Connells Point,
  • East Hills,
  • Lugarno,
  • Mortdale,
  • Narwee
  • Oatley,
  • Panania,
  • Padstow,
  • Padstow Heights,
  • Peakhurst
  • Peakhurst Heights
  • Penshurst
  • Hurstville Grove,
  • Picnic Point,
  • Revesby,
  • Riverwood
  • South Hurstville

The Banks electorate was named after Sir Joseph Banks, the British naturalist and botanist who accompanied James Cook on his voyage of discovery to Australia in 1770. He recorded his general impressions of the Australian east coast, noting plants, insects, molluscs, reptiles, birds, fish, quadrupeds, etc. as well as Aboriginal customs.