Cobbitty is a
semi-rural town of the
Macarthur Region near the town of
Camden, southwest of
Sydney
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, in the state of
New South Wales
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, Australia. The area is mostly farmland with a population of just over 4,000.
Overview
The area is mostly farmland and agricultural. At the southern end of the suburb, bordering the
Nepean River
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is
Camden Airport, a site for
gliding
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and
skydiving
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For hu ...
. The main road, Cobbitty Road, is home to "Cobbitty Primary School", a general store, a small cafe, and "Teen Ranch". Teen Ranch is a Christian organisation that runs school and holiday programs for teens.
Cobbitty is home to a
New South Wales Rural Fire Service
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The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the la ...
brigade. The brigade has two trucks and is often called upon for incidents both within and outside of the district. The brigade has currently 40 members, and is active throughout the year, not just during bushfire season.
The area has views over the township of Camden.
Education
Macarthur Anglican School is in Cobbitty.
History
The area now known as Cobbitty was originally home to the
Muringong, southernmost of the
Darug people
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. Settlement began in the early 19th century following the establishment of John Macarthur's
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 outer south-western Sydney suburb of Camden South, New South Wales, Australia. It was design ...
nearby.
Cobbitty Post Office opened on 1 May 1869 and closed in 1993.
Heritage listings
Cobbitty has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* 421 The Northern Road:
Denbigh, Cobbitty
Demographics
At the , Cobbitty had a population of 4,206 people. A large proportion (79.3%) of these people were born in Australia, with other common countries of birth being England (3.4%), New Zealand (1.1%), Philippines (0.8%), China (0.6%) and India (0.6%). 83.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion in Cobbitty were Catholic (35.2%), No Religion (25.3%) and Anglican (18.0%).
Politics
Cobbitty is part of the north ward of Camden Council represented by Lara Symkowiak and Usha Dommaraju (both Liberals) and Cindy Cagney of the Labor Party. The suburb is in the
federal electorate of
Hume, represented by Angus Taylor (
Liberal), and the
state electorate of
Camden, held by
Sally Quinnell of the Labor Party.
Notable people
*
Eliza Marsden Hassall - philanthropist
References
External links
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