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, southernmost of the
Darug people
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. In 1805
John Macarthur established his property at
Camden
Camden may refer to:
People
* Camden (surname), a surname of English origin
* Camden Joy (born 1964), American writer
* Camden Toy (born 1957), American actor
Places Australia
* Camden, New South Wales
* Camden, Rosehill, a heritage res ...
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 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 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 (
Liberal), and the
state electorate of
Camden
Camden may refer to:
People
* Camden (surname), a surname of English origin
* Camden Joy (born 1964), American writer
* Camden Toy (born 1957), American actor
Places Australia
* Camden, New South Wales
* Camden, Rosehill, a heritage res ...
, 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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