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State:

New South Wales

Name Derivation:

Named after Gregory Blaxland (1778-1853), an early Australian explorer of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.

Area and Location Description:

It covers an area of approximately 54 sq km from Villawood and the George's River in the west to Strathfield South and Wiley Park in the east, Chester Hill and Chullora in the north to Canterbury and Milperra Roads in the south.

The main suburbs include Bankstown, Bass Hill, Birrong, Chester Hill, Chullora,  Condell Park, Georges Hall, Greenacre, Landsdowne, Mt. Lewis, Punchbowl, Sefton, Strathfield South, Villawood, Wiley Park and Yagoona.

Products/Industries of the area:

Railway workshops, aircraft repairs, transport and storage industries.

First Proclaimed

1949

Members

Michael Hatton (ALP) 1996-

P J Keating (ALP) 1969-96

E J Harrison (ALP) 1949-69

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Demographic Rating

Inner Metropolitan

3 October 1998 Election	6 November 1999 Referendum	10 November 2001 Election
Enrolment: 80 590 Informal Vote: 5.54% Turnout: 94.31% Seat Status: Safe Labor Two Party Preferred: ALP: 72.06% LP: 27.94%	Enrolment: 81 197 Informal Vote: Republic Question 1.69% Preamble Question 1.87% Turnout: Republic Question 94.65% Preamble Question 94.66%	Enrolment: 82 779 Informal Vote: 9.78% Turnout: 93.89% Seat Status: Safe Labor Two Party Preferred: ALP: 65.21% LP: 34.79%