Catherine Field is a
suburb of
Sydney and part of the
Macarthur Region in the state of
New South Wales
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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
The Dharug or Darug people, formerly known as the Broken Bay tribe, are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as skilled hunters in family groups or clans, scattered throughout much ...
, southernmost of the
Darug people
The Dharug or Darug people, formerly known as the Broken Bay tribe, are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as skilled hunters in family groups or clans, scattered throughout much ...
. In 1805
John Macarthur established his property at
Camden where he raised
merino
The Merino is a breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool. It was established in Spain near the end of the Middle Ages, and was for several centuries kept as a strict Spanish monopoly; exports of the bree ...
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 El Caballo Blanco may refer to:
* El Caballo Blanco, Sydney
* El Caballo Blanco, Wooroloo
El Caballo Blanco (Spanish for The White Horse) was the name for an equine Andalusian theme park and resort that operated in the north-eastern Perth subur ...
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
''Raby'' is a heritage-listed former sheep farm and cattle farm and now private residence located at 1025 Camden Valley Way in the south-western Sydney suburb of Catherine Field in the Camden Council local government area of New South Wales, ...
Population
According to the
2016 census, there were 1,657 residents in Catherine Field. 67.8% of people were born in Australia and 65.8% of people spoke only English at home. The most common response for religion was Catholic at 48.0%.
Politics
Catherine Field is part of the north ward of Camden Council represented by David Funnell (currently deputy mayor of Camden), Cindy Cagney and Peter Johnson. Chris Patterson is currently the local mayor. The suburb is contained within the
federal electorate of
Macarthur, represented by former ultra-marathon runner
Pat Farmer
Patrick Francis Daniel Farmer (born 14 March 1962) is an ultra-marathon athlete, motivational speaker, and former Australian politician who served as a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the seat of Macarthur in ...
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Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
), and the
state electorate of
Camden, currently held by former mayor
Geoff Corrigan
Geoffrey Corrigan (born 23 July 1953) is a former Australian politician with the Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in the seat of Camden.
Corrigan was elected the member for the Camden in 2003, in a close-run ele ...
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Labor
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the la ...
).
References
Suburbs of Sydney
Camden Council (New South Wales)
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