Parish of Botany

Botany Parish, Cumberland is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It contains the area to the north of Botany Bay and to the east of part of Cooks River. It includes the suburbs of La Perouse, Hillsdale, Banksmeadow and Maroubra. It also includes Sydney Airport. It roughly corresponds to the "South-Eastern Suburbs" of Sydney, which are sometimes counted as part of the Eastern Suburbs together with the suburbs in the Parish of Alexandria to the north.

Botany
New South Wales
Location of the parish within Cumberland
Coordinates33°56′54″S 151°14′04″E
Established1835
LGA(s)Bayside Council, City of Randwick
CountyCumberland
Hundred (former)Sydney
Lands administrative divisions around Botany:
Petersham Alexandria Pacific Ocean
St George Botany Pacific Ocean
St George Sutherland Pacific Ocean

References

  • "Botany Parish". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.


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