Catherine Field is a
suburb
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of
Sydney
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and part of the
Macarthur Region in the state of
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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. Catherine Field is 43 kilometres south-west of the
Sydney central business district
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, in the
local government area
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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
The Dharug or Darug people, are a nation of Aboriginal Australian clans, who share ties of kinship, country and culture. In pre-colonial times, they lived as hunters in the region of current day Sydney. The Darug speak one of two dialects o ...
. In 1805
John Macarthur established his property at
Camden where he raised
merino
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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 on 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 , there were 2,609 residents in Catherine Field. 67.8% of people were born in Australia and 61.4% of people spoke only English at home. The most common response for religion was Catholic at 42.2%.
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 (
Liberal), and the
state electorate of
Camden, currently held by former mayor
Geoff Corrigan (
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 labour ...
).
References
Suburbs of Sydney
Camden Council (New South Wales)
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