Bass Hill, located 23 kilometres from Sydney central business district.

Bass Hill is named after George Bass, a surgeon and explorer who was granted land in 1798. He had arrived in the colony in 1795 on  and became friendly with midshipman Matthew Flinders and on arrival they decided to explore parts of the colony. In 1796 on a small boat called the Tom Thumb  they sailed into Botany Bay and explored the Georges River. They sailed as far as present day Georges Hall. For their exploration efforts Bass and Flinders were rewarded with 100-acre (0.40 km2) land grants in this area

The area developed rapidly after 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 the Bankstown Bunker on Black Charlies Hill in 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 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 the centre a new residential housing estate, Viewpoint, which is constructed on the former Bass Hill drive-in cinema.

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, hockey, cycling, rugby league and soccer. 

The Crest sporting complex contains 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.