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Camden Council (New South Wales)
Camden Council is a local government area in the Macarthur region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located south west of the Sydney central business district and comprises with an estimated population at the of 119,325. The Mayor of Camden is Cr. Therese Fedeli, a member of the Liberal Party. Suburbs in the local government area Suburbs serviced by Camden Council are: Demographics At the there were people in the Camden local government area, of these 49.1 per cent were male and 50.9 per cents were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2 per cent of the population; similar to the NSW and Australian averages of 3.4 and 3.2 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the Camden Council area was 33 years, which is significantly lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 25.3 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9 per cent of the populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government In Australia
Local government is the third level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories, and in turn beneath the federal government. Local government is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia, and two referendums in 1974 and 1988 to alter the Constitution relating to local government were unsuccessful. Every state/territory government recognises local government in its own respective constitution. Unlike the two-tier local government system in Canada or the United States, there is only one tier of local government in each Australian state/territory, with no distinction between counties and cities. The Australian local government is generally run by a council, and its territory of public administration is referred to generically by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as the local government area or LGA, each of which encompasses multiple suburbs or localities often of different postcodes; however, stylised terms such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camden, New South Wales
Camden is a historic town and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, located 65 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Camden was the administrative centre for the local government area of Camden Council until July/August 2016 and is a part of the Macarthur region. History Indigenous people The area now known as Camden was originally at the northern edge of land belonging to the Gandangara people of the Southern Highlands, who called it Benkennie, meaning 'dry land'. North of the Nepean River were the Muringong, the southernmost of the Darug people, while to the east were the Tharawal people. They lived in extended family groups of 20–40 members, hunting kangaroos, possums and eels and gathering yams and other seasonal fruit and vegetables from the local area. They were described as 'short, stocky, strong and superbly built' and generally considered peaceful. However, as British settlers encroached on their land and reduced their food sources, they tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Annan, New South Wales
Mount Annan is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mount Annan is located 60 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Camden Council and Campbelltown City Council, and is part of the Macarthur region. The Federal Electorates of Hume and Macarthur divide the Gardens. History The area now known as Mount Annan was originally home to the Dharawal people, based in the Illawarra region, although the Western Sydney-based Darug people and the Southern Highlands-based Gandangara people were also known to have inhabited the greater Camden area. Very early relations with British settlers were cordial but as farmers started clearing and fencing the land, affecting food resources in the area, clashes between the groups arose until 1816 when a number of indigenous people were massacred and the remainder retreated from direct conflict with the settlers. In 1805, wool pioneer John Macarthur was granted 5,000 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leppington, New South Wales
Leppington is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Leppington is located 38 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Liverpool and Camden Council. History The area now known as Leppington was originally home to the Darug people. It was named after a property called ''Leppington Park'' granted to William Cordeaux in 1821. Cordeaux used convict labor to build a two-storey mansion and to work in his fields. The house burnt down in the 1940s but some of the bricks from the house were re-used at Leppington Public School. The suburb could easily have been named Raby. The first land grant in what is now Leppington was made to Alexander Riley in 1810, who named his property ''Raby''. The property was subdivided in 1914 and a school established in 1923, called Raby Public School. Leppington Post Office opened on 12 February 1924. In 1955 the name of the school was changed to Leppington Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkham, New South Wales
Kirkham is a suburb of the Macarthur Region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. The suburb is largely undeveloped at present and possibly will remain so since much of it is on low-lying flood-prone land. History The area now known as Kirkham was originally home to the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people. In 1805 John Macarthur established his property at Camden where he raised merino sheep. In 1810, explorer John Oxley was granted nearby, which he named ''Kirkham''. Kirkham has figured prominently in the 2013 - 2018 TV series A Place to Call Home. The fictional house known as ''Ash Park'' is actually a property called Camelot, which is situated on Oxley's old property at Kirkham. Oxley's original home was called ''Kirkham'', after his birthplace in Yorkshire. The stables are all that remain. ''Camelot'' was designed by the Canadian-born architect John Horbury Hunt for James White, New South Wales politician and great-uncle of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrington Park, New South Wales
Harrington Park is a suburb of the Macarthur Region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. Once a grand estate, owned by the Fairfax family, it has recently been developed as a residential suburb. Harrington Park House has been restored by Harrington Estates who manage the property on behalf of the Fairfax Estate. History The area now known as Harrington Park was originally home to the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people. Shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney in 1788, four cows and two bulls strayed from a Government Farm at Rosehill and found their way to a rich expanse of lush land southwest of Sydney. It was seven years before the healthy herd (which had grown in number) was discovered. Governor Hunter had the region surveyed in 1795 and named it Cowpastures in honour of the herd. The region was declared a Government reserve although settlers such as John Macarthur soon lobbied the Governor for land grants in the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Hills, New South Wales
Gregory Hills is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. The suburb was assigned on 1 August 2008. The suburb was named from the topography of the local area and from the original St Gregory's Chapel on the Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brother ... land. Population According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 4,985 people in Gregory Hills. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population. * 69.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Fiji 2.8% and India 2.1%. * 67.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 3.7%, Arabic 2.4% and Spanish 2.3%. * The most common responses for religion were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grasmere, New South Wales
Grasmere is a suburb of the Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur Region of Sydney, Australia, Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council (New South Wales), Camden Council. History The area now known as Grasmere was originally home to the Gandangara people of the Southern Highlands although the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people, were also known to inhabit the area. In 1805 in Australia, 1805, wool pioneer John Macarthur (wool pioneer), John Macarthur was granted 5,000 acres (20 km2) at Cowpastures (now Camden). Grasmere is still primarily a rural locality. Demographics In the Census in Australia#2011, 2011 census, the suburb of Grasmere had a population of 1,712 people. The median age of residents was 54 and 39.1% of people were aged 65 or over. The majority of people were born in Australia and the most common ancestries were English, Australian and Irish. The top responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 36.0% and Catholic 35.2%. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gledswood Hills, New South Wales
Gledswood Hills is a suburb of the Macarthur Region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. The suburb name was assigned on 9 December 2011. The suburb was named after the 1830 Gledswood Homestead. Heritage listings Gledswood Hills has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 900 Camden Valley Way: Gledswood ''Gledswood'' is a heritage-listed former vineyard, colonial farm and homestead and now tourist complex, golf course and private residence at 900 Camden Valley Way in the south-western Sydney suburb of Gledswood Hills, New South Wales, Gledswo ... Channon street References {{Sydney-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Lane, New South Wales
Ellis Lane is a suburb of the Macarthur Region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. History The area now known as Ellis Lane was originally home to the Gandangara people of the Southern Highlands although the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people, were also known to inhabit the area. In 1805, wool pioneer John Macarthur was granted 5,000 acres (20 km2) at Cowpastures (now Camden). Ellis Lane is still primarily a rural locality. Governance Ellis Lane lies in the south ward of Camden Council, currently represented by Chris Patterson (who is also the Mayor of Camden), Eva Campbell and Fred Whiteman. It sits within the state electorate of Camden, represented by Labor's Geoff Corrigan, the former Mayor of Camden, and the federal electorate of Macarthur, represented by Liberal's Pat Farmer, the former ultra-marathon runner. Centennial Lane is a street off Ellis Lane and is a part of the Ellis Lane Suburb Population At the 2011 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elderslie, New South Wales
Elderslie is a suburb of the Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur Region of Sydney, Australia, Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council (New South Wales), Camden Council. In addition, it is located on the east side of the Nepean River. It has a small local shop, high school, primary school, skateboard park, netball courts, cricket, Australian Football (AFL) oval, Rugby League oval, a BMX track and a historic house, John Oxley Cottage, which was built in the 1890s and converted into the Camden Visitors' centre in 1989. It was named after explorer John Oxley who held an early grant of land in the area. History The area now known as Elderslie was probably originally home to the Tharawal people, based in the Illawarra region, although the Western Sydney-based Darug people and the Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Southern Highlands-based Gandangara people were also known to have inhabited the greater Camden area. Very early relations with British settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Currans Hill, New South Wales
Currans Hill is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 60 km (37 mi) south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Camden Council and is part of the Macarthur region. History The area now known as Currans Hill was originally home to the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people. In 1805 John Macarthur established his property at Camden where he raised merino sheep. People Demographics In the 2016 census, there were 5,309 residents in Currans Hill. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population. The median age of people in Currans Hill (State Suburbs) was 31 years. Children aged 0–14 years made up 26.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.8% of the population. In Currans Hill (State Suburbs), 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, Philippines 1.1%, Chile 0.7% and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
