The changing face of Canterbury Bankstown
The massive water tank in Bankstown is a popular landmark but did you know it was once used to hang bushrangers? This is just one of the huge changes Canterbury Bankstown has undergone over time. Check out our pictorial tribute.
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Canterbury Bankstown has plenty of history behind it as these picture show.
Take the huge water tank or reservoir which was built in the 1920s.
It was earlier used to hang bushrangers before the government decided to use it for another purpose.
It became the became the largest elevated concrete reservoir in the country during its time, according to Canterbury Bankstown Council records.
The other pictures also show the changing landscape as Canterbury Bankstown became the largest local government area in NSW in terms of its population with almost 350,000 people.
The Darug and Eora people were the original inhabitants of the Bankstown and Canterbury areas living here many thousands of years before European settlement.
Canterbury and Bankstown were separate local government areas, having their own wards and suburbs.
However, things changed on May 12, 2016, when the NSW Government announced Canterbury and Bankstown would merge to become one council.
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