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Varroville
Varroville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Varroville is located 46 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region. Varroville forms part of the scenic hills on the north-west side of the M5 South Western Motorway between Campbelltown and the Camden Valley Way. Of all Sydney suburbs, Varroville has the highest proportion of residents with PhDs. Sydney's newest General Cemetery, the first in over 50 years, is being built as of 2023, at Macarthur Memorial Park, Varroville (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-23/sydney-is-running-out-of-burial-space/101881570) History Varroville was originally a farm called ''Varro Ville''. An area of of land was granted by Governor Lachlan Macquarie to Robert Townson, a scientist and scholar, in 1809. Townson developed the farm and grew a vineyard and raised cattle. Townson died in 1827 and ownership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varroville (homestead)
''Varroville'' is a heritage-listed former farm and now rural residence at 196 St Andrews Road, Varroville in the City of Campbelltown local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Weaver and Kemp and built from 1810 to 1859. It is also known as Varro Ville and Varra Ville. The property is privately owned. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The Cowpastures When the first fleet arrived in Sydney Cove in 1788, they found the soil unsuitable for farming and soon looked towards the heavy clay and loam soils of the Cumberland Plain (to the west) to sustain the colony. Early agricultural settlements were located on the rich alluvial soils of the Nepean, Hawkesbury and Georges River areas, as well as South Creek near St. Marys and at the head of the Parramatta River, where the settlement of Rose Hill (later Parramatta) was established about six months after the fleet landed. A settlement at the Hawkesbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Carmel High School (Varroville)
Mount Carmel Catholic College (abbreviated as MCCC) is a systemic Catholicism in Australia, Catholic Mixed-sex education, co-educational secondary school of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia, Marist tradition located in Varroville, New South Wales, Varroville, a suburb 46 kilometres south-west of Sydney. It is situated within the city of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. The current principal is Stephen Lo Cascio. Mount Carmel is a member of the Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur Independent Schools Association (MISA) and the Association of Marist Schools of Australia. History Mount Carmel Catholic College was first initiated in 1983/84 by a committee of parishioners located in Ingleburn, New South Wales, Ingleburn and Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Macquarie Fields. The goal of this committee was to establish a Catholic secondary school for the northern part of the Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur region. The submiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raby, New South Wales
Raby is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 55 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Campbelltown (New South Wales), City of Campbelltown. It is part of the Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur region. History Raby took its name from Raby Road. In 1976, the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales approved the name 'Raby', using the justification that the new suburb was to be located off Raby Road, which for more than 150 years had trailed across the hills linking the old Riley family property to Campbelltown, New South Wales, Campbelltown. European settlement Alexander Riley (merchant), Alexander Riley (1778–1833) was a merchant and pastoralist who in 1809 was granted on the corner of Bringelly, New South Wales, Bringelly and Cowpasture Roads. He called his estate Raby in honour of his mother, who had been Miss Margaret Raby. Apparently "Raby" ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrews, New South Wales
St Andrews is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 55 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. It is part of the Macarthur region. History The name St Andrews came from an early 19th-century property owned by Scottish convict Andrew Thompson who in turn had named it after the patron saint of Scotland St Andrew. The area was used for cattle and dairy farming for the next 150 years or so. In 1957, the first plans were announced by the state government to create a large satellite city in the area but the idea foundered after locals opposed it because the land was such good farming land. Nevertheless, the sprawl of Sydney towards Campbelltown couldn't be halted. In 1976, the name St Andrews was approved for the suburb and in 1977, Landcom began building homes in the area. The following year a primary school was opened and the suburb was well established. Population In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Campbelltown (New South Wales)
The City of Campbelltown is a local government area in the Macarthur region of south-western Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The area is located about south west of the Sydney central business district and comprises . The Mayor of the City of Campbelltown is Cr. George Greiss, a member of the Liberal Party. Suburbs Suburbs in the City of Campbelltown are: Demographics At the there were people in the Campbelltown local government area, of these 49% were male and 51% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population; 30% more than the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9% and 2.8% respectively. The median age of people in the City of Campbelltown was 34 years, which is significantly lower than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 87% we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kearns, New South Wales
Kearns is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 57 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Campbelltown (New South Wales), City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur region. History Kearns was named after a local farmer, William Kearns, who owned a large property in the area during the 1800s. He gained notoriety for a court case in 1824 where a neighbour sued him for getting his 14-year-old daughter pregnant. During the case, Kearns was defended by William Charles Wentworth a young Lawyer at the time, Wentworth had evidence proving the neighbour was a man who lied about other matters so not a person to be trusted. Kearns had to pay a far lesser amount than the neighbour had wanted. William and his new wife Elizabeth went on to bring up the little girl from the former relationship the child adored her father. Kearns's la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Field, New South Wales
Catherine Field is a suburb of Sydney and part of the Macarthur Region in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Catherine Field is 43 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Camden Council. History The area now known as Catherine Field (or Catherine Fields) 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. Catherine Field Post Office opened on 1 July 1963 and closed in 1996. Catherine Field also contains a pre-school, a cricket oval and community hall. Catherine Field was home to a theme park called El Caballo Blanco in the 1980s. It is in the outskirts of south west Sydney and is about 20 minutes without traffic to Campbelltown. Heritage listings Catherine Field has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 1025 Camden Valley Way: Raby, Catherine Field Population According to the 2016 cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingleburn, New South Wales
Ingleburn is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 40 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of City of Campbelltown (New South Wales), City of Campbelltown. It is part of the Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur region. Ingleburn is located approximately halfway between the two commercial centres of Liverpool, New South Wales, Liverpool and Campbelltown, New South Wales, Campbelltown. History The land in the Ingleburn area was originally inhabited by the Tharawal people prior to the arrival of settlers from the First Fleet in 1788. The first land grants in the area were made in 1809 to William Neale, Joshua Alliot, all previously soldiers in the NSW Corps. As such, the area became known as "Soldier Flat". In 1869, a rail platform was built on the old Neale grant and given the name Macquarie Fields Station after a property to the north. However, in 1881 the Macquarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denham Court, New South Wales
Denham Court is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia located south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Campbelltown, City of Liverpool and City of Camden. It is part of the Macarthur region. The suburb is one of the most affluent in south-west Sydney, with the median property price standing at $1.60 million in January 2015, over three times higher than the median of properties in surrounding suburbs. The median income also stands noticeably above the average of surrounding suburbs at over $1,900 per week, while the median of surrounding areas stands at $900 per week. Willowdale Estate which was developed by Stockland is one of the most noticeable settlement in Denham Court. The area is most well known for its luxurious properties, including a colonial era compound from which the suburb takes its name History The suburb of Denham Court was named after the land grant of 1810 to Richard Atkins ... [...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] |
Electoral District Of Macquarie Fields
Macquarie Fields is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the outer south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is currently represented by Anoulack Chanthivong of the Labor Party. It currently includes the suburbs of Bardia, Bow Bowing, Casula, Cross Roads, Denham Court, Edmondson Park, Eschol Park, Glenfield, Ingleburn, Kearns, Kentlyn, Leppington, Leumeah, Long Point, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Links, Minto, Minto Heights, Raby, St Andrews and Varroville. Members for Macquarie Fields Election results References {{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales Macquarie Fields Macquarie Fields 1988 establishments in Australia Macquarie Fields 1991 disestablishments in Australia Macquarie Fields Macquarie Fields is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Macquarie Fields is located 38 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Townson (natural Historian)
Dr Robert Townson MD FRSE LLD (1762–1827) was an English natural historian and traveller, known also a mineralogist and medical man. In 1806 he emigrated to New South Wales. Early life He was born at Richmond, Surrey, the youngest (and illegitimate) child of John Townson (1721–1773) and Sarah Aldcroft née Shewell (1731–1805). His father was a London merchant, his mother was from the Shewell business family, and she was married at the time of his birth to Charles Aldcroft, a haberdasher. His parents married in 1766, and John Townson died in 1774. From 1777 the Townson family were in Shropshire. Townson, however, was an apprentice in Manchester from about the time the family moved. He didn't wish to enter commerce, and led an itinerant life that started around 1783. European travels In 1787 Townson was studying under the chemist Balthasar Georges Sage at the École des Mines. In 1788 he became a student at the University of Edinburgh. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
