Gilead () is a suburb of
Sydney
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, in the state of
New South Wales, Australia. Gilead is located 58 kilometres south-west of the
Sydney central business district
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, in the
local government area
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of the
City of Campbelltown and is part of the
Macarthur region.
History
Gilead was a land named in the
Bible and famed for its fields of wheat. It obviously seemed like an ideal name for a wheat farm when Reuban Uther was granted in 1812 but Uther only persisted with his dream for six years before selling the estate.
The purchaser was
Thomas Rose who renamed it Mount Gilead. Rose lived and farmed the estate from 1818 until his death in 1837. The estate was inherited by his son Henry Rose, until the foreclosure by the mortgagees in 1862.
In 1941, the land was bought by the Macarthur-Onslow family, owners of nearby
Camden Park Estate, who still own it today. While there has been talk of suburban development, Gilead remains farmland just beyond the edge of suburbia.
Heritage listings
Gilead has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* 767 Appin Road:
Beulah, Gilead
Beulah is a heritage-listed farm at 767 Appin Road, Gilead, City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1835 to 1846 by Cornelius O'Brien, Duncan Cameron, John Kennedy Hume, Ellen Hume; Mansfield Brothers (1884 works). ...
* Menangle Road:
Sugarloaf Farm
Sugarloaf Farm is a heritage-listed former dairy, wheat farming and pastoral property and now residence and horse riding venue located at Menangle Road, Gilead, City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built from ...
References
External links
Pamphlet on Mount Gilead prepared for its sale in 1888 (including drawings)*
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Suburbs of Sydney
City of Campbelltown (New South Wales)
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