Artefacts found near the Cooks River indicate at least 7,000 years of habitation in the local area.

Marrickville is located to the east across Cooks River.

Cooks River was diverted away from the area in 1947-52 to provide more land for the airport and other small streams were filled.

The line, which crosses the Cooks River, was opened in 1895 and electrified in 1926.

Extensive parkland may be found on the banks of the Cooks River.

The railway station opened in 1884 but was originally called Cooks River.

By 1851 it was estimated that 50 to 100 carts of timber and lime crossed the Cooks River daily.

Cooks River was diverted away from the area in 1947-52 to provide more land for the airport.

There were middens along the Cooks River where the indigenous people camped.

The Cooks River forms a natural border, to the north of the suburb.