Bankstown
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Bankstown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 19 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Canterbury-Bankstown region. Bankstown is the administrative centre of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, having previously been the administrative centre of the City of Bankstown prior to the 2016. It is the most populous suburb within the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
Bankstown CBD
Bankstown Plaza in 1946
Panoramic view of Bankstown CBD in 2008
Southern entrance to Bankstown railway station
Joseph Banks
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Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
A 1757 portrait of Banks with a botanical illustration, unknown artist, but attributed to Lemuel Francis Abbott or Johann Zoffany
Satire on Banks titled "The Botanic Macaroni", by Matthew Darly, 1772: A macaroni was a pejorative term used for a follower of exaggerated continental fashion in the 18th century.
Banks as painted by Benjamin West in 1773