Agnes Banks

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| city = Sydney

| name = Agnes Banks

| state = nsw

| image = AgnesBankBillsHorseTrough.JPG

| caption = Bills horse trough, Agnes Bank

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| lga = City of Penrith

| lga2 = City of Hawkesbury

| postcode = 2753

| est =

| pop = 996

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL10021|name=Agnes Banks|accessdate=8 July 2024|quick=on}}

| elevation = 24

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| stategov = Londonderry

| stategov2 = Hawkesbury

| fedgov = Macquarie

| dist1 = 65 | dir1 = | location1 = Sydney CBD

| near-nw = {{NSWcity|Grose Wold}}

| near-n = {{NSWcity|Richmond}}

| near-ne = {{NSWcity|Hobartville}}

| near-w = {{NSWcity|Yarramundi}}

| near-e = {{NSWcity|Londonderry}}

| near-sw = Yarramundi

| near-s = {{NSWcity|Castlereagh}}

| near-se = {{NSWcity|Cranebrook}}

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Agnes Banks is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Agnes Banks is {{Convert|68|km|mi}} north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Penrith and City of Hawkesbury. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Agnes Banks is connected to Penrith by Castlereagh Road which runs alongside the Nepean River between Richmond and Penrith. Natural woodlands and sandy deposits make up the higher landscape of this suburb. Agnes Banks is a rural outpost of the City of Penrith which has kept its intrinsic agricultural value and rural lifestyle.

History

This area was settled as early as 1803 by Charles Palmer. He was the first man to receive the free land grants in 1803; he and his wife Mary Anne built the first Farm Slab House the same year. The 3 chimneys still stand near the corner of Castlereagh Rd and Springwood Rd. The town here was once known as 'Little Richmond'. In 1804 Andrew Thompson was given a grant which he named Agnes Bank after his mother.{{cite web|title=Penrith City Council – Local Suburb Profiles |url=http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/index.asp?id=462 |access-date=5 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430011222/http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/index.asp?id=462 |archive-date=30 April 2013 }}

Heritage listings

Agnes Banks has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Rickards Avenue: Agnes Banks Natural Area{{cite NSW SHR|5045065|Natural Area|hr=00649|fn=S90/01060 & HC 33445|accessdate=18 May 2018}}

Weather record

On 4 January 2020, a heat logger registered a temperature of {{Convert|51.5|C}} in the suburb, which was on the same day when Penrith recorded an official temperature of {{Convert|48.9|C}}.[https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/new-data-shows-sydney-suburbs-reached-temperatures-over-50c-last-summer/news-story/9cdf03b09e60ee6b8f2d902b93c75595 New data shows Sydney suburbs reached temperatures over 50C last summer] by Anton Nilsson from News.com.au. Retrieved 26 November 2020

Demographics

According to the {{CensusAU|2021}}, there were 996 residents in Agnes Banks. 82.8% of residents were born in Australia. The other most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, Malta 2.1% and New Zealand 1.5%. 87.8% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 2.0%, Greek 1.3% and Italian 0.6%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 34.5%, No Religion 28.7% and Anglican 17.3%.

References

External links

{{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/agnes_banks | title = Agnes Banks | access-date = 24 September 2015 | author = Lorraine Stacker | date = 2008 | work=Dictionary of Sydney}} [CC-By-SA]

Category:Suburbs of Sydney