Gilead () is a suburb of
Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales
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, Australia. Gilead is located 58 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.
History
Gilead
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was a land named in the
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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
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* Thomas G. Rose (1901–1979), English cricketer
* Thomas M. Rose (born 1948), U.S. federal judge
* Thomas Rose (RAF officer) (1895–1968), British flying ace
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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
The Camden Park Estate incorporating the Belgenny Farm is a heritage-listed large working historical farm located at Elizabeth Macarthur Avenue, in the south-western Sydney suburb of Camden South in the Camden Council local government area of ...
, 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
* Menangle Road:
Sugarloaf Farm
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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