Greystanes is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Cumberland Council.

In the early years of British settlement the area was known as Prospect Hill and was the site of the first land grants to emancipated convicts in 1791.

[3] The suburb was occupied mainly by large estates designed as rural retreats for gentlemen farmers, including Charles Whalan and Nelson Lawson.

[4] In 1836, ‘Greystanes House’ was built by Nelson Simmons Lawson, on land given to him by his father, on the eastern side of Prospect Hill.

Frank Cefai, a Maltese migrant, was a well known developer who built hundreds of residential homes and infrastructure throughout Greystanes and its surrounding suburbs.

[8] In 1973, Frank was the main contribution to the record year of development applications at Holroyd Council for Greystanes and its surrounding suburbs.

Frank Cefai built and helped fund the Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church and these surrounding primary and secondary schools and parish buildings.

[12][13] From 1957 to 1965, the Parish was cared for by the Maltese Carmelite Fathers and Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School was run by the Sisters of Mercy.

[16] Attendees came from all Australian states plus 16 other countries, including New Zealand, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Iceland, Malaya, Singapore, Ceylon, Philippines, Fiji, Nauru and Malta; to participate in a full camp program.

[18][19] The Maltese Club, previously owned by the Catholic Church, was located on the current site of Genista Aged Care Facility at 185 Old Prospect Road.

The former corner shop across the road from the Catholic church, was one of many Maltese stores in the area, which sold pastizzi, kinnie and ravioli.

[23] She is a hand crafted statue from Bolzano, Italy; a replica of il-Bambina from Gozo, commissioned and funded by the Greystanes Maltese Community.

[23] However, since the arrival of the statue, the Maltese community have celebrated an annual Festa (il-Vitorja & il-Bambina) every October since 1965, in and around the Catholic Church (as every village in Malta traditionally does).

[27][28] However, despite hundreds of years of tradition surrounding this statue, the clergy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta deemed it incorrect to have the moniker Victories attached to Our Lady.

[31][32] A scripted Maltese-Australian horror drama series called Greystanes,[33] was released via 18 short story episodes exclusively on TikTok, in 2024.

A recipient of Screen Australia, NZ On Air and TikTok's Every Voice initiative, the series adapts Malta's Ħaddiela stories.

The Greystanes series is directed by AACTA nominated filmmaker Ryan Cauchi and co-written by Matt Ferro (The Matrix, Happy Feet).

Around the ovals are large, open fields, suitable for other forms of recreation and a small BMX track in Rosford Street Reserve.