15-507: Dunc Gray Velodrome is a velodrome located at Bass Hill approximately five kilometres north west of the Sydney suburb of Bankstown . The cycling venue for the 2000 Summer Olympics , the Dunc Gray Velodrome was opened on 28 November 1999 with an opening ceremony which included performances by local talent Darren Sharp and other community groups. The Velodrome is named after Dunc Gray ,
30-488: A maximum angle of 42° degrees, while the straights are at 12.5°. The Safety Track is 5 metres wide and the racing surface is of 7 metres width. The first major international cycling event ever held was the Oceania International Cycling Grand Prix from 8 to 12 December 1999 – an official pre-Olympic test event. In April 2000, it hosted the 'Bankstown Millennium Buzz' performance in celebrating
45-523: A suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown , is 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . It is a part of South-western Sydney region . Picnic Point is a residential suburb on the northern bank of the Georges River . Located within Picnic Point is Yeramba Lagoon which is the largest tract of National Park within
60-502: Is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district , in the state of New South Wales , Australia , and is a part of the South-western Sydney region. Bass Hill is named after George Bass , a surgeon and explorer who was granted land here in 1798. He had arrived in the colony in 1795 on HMS Reliance and became friendly with midshipman Matthew Flinders and on arrival they decided to explore parts of
75-890: The 2021 census the population of Bass Hill was 10,230, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Bass Hill population was 34 years, 4 years below the national median of 38. 56.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Lebanon 8.9%, Vietnam 7.9%, Syria 1.4%, Iraq 1.2% and Italy 1.1%. 33.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 30.5%, Vietnamese 10.1%, Greek 2.1%, Cantonese 1.6% and Italian 1.5%. The most common responses for religion in Bass Hill were Islam 33.5%, Catholic 22.3% and No Religion 9.1%. 33°54′03″S 150°59′42″E / 33.90083°S 150.99500°E / -33.90083; 150.99500 Picnic Point, New South Wales Picnic Point ,
90-621: The Bankstown Bunker on Black Charlies Hill in Marion Street, Condell Park, which also worked in conjunction with a remote receiving station that was located in Picnic Point . Bass Hill Plaza is a 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft), district size shopping centre at 753 Hume Highway. The shopping centre includes a Woolworths Supermarket, Kmart, Aldi, Medical Centre, Post Office and approximately 60 specialty stores. Adjacent to
105-666: The Dunc Gray Velodrome , which was home of the track cycling events for the 2000 Summer Olympics and the Cycling World Cup, a state of the art athletics complex, soccer fields, hockey fields, and cricket fields. The Crest was home to the Sydney Bulls Jim Beam Cup Rugby League Club, South West Strikers Soccer Club, Bankstown District Sports Club Hockey Club, Banksports Athletics, Bankstown Sports Cycling Club, and Bankstown Sports Gymnastics. In
120-549: The Canterbury – Bankstown Council, it is home to numerous species of native fauna and flora. Picnic Point was the name given to the geographical feature on the Georges River. The suburb was originally part of East Hills, which stretched south from Bankstown to the river and east to The River Road. Picnic Point was gazetted as a suburb in 1975, with new boundaries gazetted in 1994. During World War II , Picnic Point National Park
135-463: The Olympics and the millennium year. It hosted six days of track cycling events at the 2000 Summer Olympics , as well as Paralympic cycling. In October 2007, The Dunc Gray Velodrome hosted the 2007 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships, for riders 30+ years of age. Bass Hill Bass Hill , ( / b æ s h ɪ l / ) a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown ,
150-582: The centre was a Skyline drive-in cinema, opened in 1956 and closed in 2007. It has been demolished and a housing estate called Viewpoint, now occupies the site. Bass Hill RSL club opened in 1964 and closed in 2019. Bass Hill has three schools, Bass Hill Public School for years K-6, George Bass School for students with special needs and Bass High School for years 7–12. Bass Hill is home to many sporting fields and facilities which cater for sports such as athletics , cricket , cycling , hockey , rugby league , and soccer . The Crest sporting complex contains
165-502: The colony. In 1796 on a small boat called the Tom Thumb accompanied by a boy servant William Martin , they sailed into Botany Bay and explored the Georges River , twenty miles (32 km) beyond previous expeditions. They sailed as far as present day Georges Hall . For their exploration efforts Bass and Flinders were rewarded with 100-acre (0.40 km ) land grants in this area by Governor Hunter . The area developed rapidly after
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#1732873367578180-593: The completion of Liverpool Road in 1814. Originally known as Irish Town because of the Irish settlements, it later became known as Upper Bankstown. It became officially known as Bass Hill in October 1924. During World War II , Bass Hill was the location for a small transmitting station that was owned and operated by the RAAF . It was located on the corner of Manuka Crescent & Johnston Road. This facility worked in conjunction with
195-575: The first Australian to win a cycling gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 . At the time of its construction, the State Government owned the velodrome. Bankstown Council managed the velodrome under a sublease. In 1998, the council sublet the velodrome to Bankstown Sports Club, under a 21-year sublease. The council resumed control of the velodrome in 2019. The Dunc Gray Velodrome
210-550: Was built as a track cycling venue for the Sydney 2000 Olympics , construction of the velodrome, as well as an 800m Criterium Practice Track, commenced in May 1998 and finished in November 1999, at a cost of $ 42 million. It currently has a seating capacity of 3,150, but was expanded to 5,821 seats to cater for the 2000 Olympics. At 250 metres length, 60 kilometres worth of Baltic Pine (Finland) were used in its composition. The track bends at
225-522: Was the location of a remote receiving station and operations bunker that was owned and operated by the RAAF . This facility was used in conjunction with two other facilities, one of them located in Bankstown, the Bankstown Bunker , which was RAAF headquarters at the time and the other in Bass Hill which was a transmitting station in Johnston Road. The location of the remote receiving station in Picnic Point
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