Mirambeena Regional Park
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| Mirambeena Regional Park | |
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 One of the many walking tracks within the reserve | |
 Interactive map of Mirambeena Regional Park | |
| Type | Urban park, wildlife park, nature reserve |
| Location | Georges Hall |
| Coordinates | 33°54′09″S 150°58′44″E / 33.902635°S 150.978855°E |
| Area | 20 ha (49 acres) |
| Elevation | 10–50 metres (33–164 ft) |
| Owned by | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Status | Open all year |
The Mirambeena Regional Park, also known as Mirambeena Regional Reserve, is an urban park system and a nature reserve within the suburbs of Georges Hall and Lansdowne in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It features recreational parks and nature reserves bounded by the Prospect Creek to the west and Henry Lawson Drive to the east.[1]
Mirambeena Regional Reserve functions as a regional parkland, regional trail, a river access and as a conservation area. The Regional Parkland consists of the five parks, such as, Garrison Point and Lake Gillawarna in Georges Hall; and Flinders Slopes, Shortland Brush and Lansdowne Reserve in Lansdowne, all of which attract visitors from across Sydney and the broader encompassing regions.[1]
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For over 30,000 years, the area that was once part of the modern parkland was the traditional land of the Gweagal, Bidjigal and Dharug tribes. In 1795 George Bass and Matthew Flinders both explored the land near the Georges River and at the site of today's Garrison Point, Georges Hall declared the area as Bankstown, to honour Sir Joseph Banks. Lieutenant of the First Fleet Captain George Johnston received a land grant and constructed his first home located near Prospect Creek, close to Henry Lawson Drive and Beatty Parade, where he named it Georges Hall. The following posting of a military guard at the site is echoed in the present-day name of Garrison Point. In 1800, just beside Prospect Creek, Lieutenant John Shortland from the First Fleet acquired an initial grant of 100 acres over the northern part of Lansdowne Reserve which he increased to 380 acres (154ha).[2]
In 1922, plans were arranged to separate the whole estate, and today many of the current tracks in the reserves reflect the former subdivision design. Most of the land that constitutes the Reserve eventuated from the advice of the Cumberland Plain Planning Scheme of 1945 and ensuing government optional land purchase schemes of flood affected properties beside Prospect Creek after significant flooding events along the creek and the Georges River, especially in 1956. From the mid 1970s, the previous Bankstown Council started to develop the parklands in their current nature with the establishment of artificial ponds in Lansdowne Reserve, Shortland Brush and Lake Gillawarna. In this period, just two private properties persisted in the parklands in the northern division of Lansdowne Reserve.[2]
