Campbelltown, New South Wales – Wikipedia

Town in New South Wales, Australia

Campbelltown is a town located on the outskirts of the metropolitan sphere of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney 53 kilometres ( 33 mile ) southwest of the Sydney central business zone by road. Campbelltown is the administrative seat of the local politics area of the City of Campbelltown. It is besides acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales as one of lone four cities within the Sydney metropolitan area. [ 2 ] Campbelltown gets its mention from Elizabeth Campbell, [ 3 ] the wife of early Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie. in the first place called Campbell-Town, the name was subsequently simplified to the current Campbelltown. [ 4 ]

history [edit ]

The area that late became Campbelltown was inhabited prior to European settlement by the Tharawal people. not long after the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney in 1788, a small herd of six cattle escaped and were n’t seen again by the british settlers for seven years. They were spotted, however, by the Tharawal people. In a rock ‘n’ roll artwork web site called Bull Cave near Campbelltown, they drew a number of cattle with pronounce horns. The Tharawal described the cattle to british explorers and in 1795 the british found a ruck of around 60 cattle grazing in the area now known as Camden. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The colonial administration was exquisite for the ruck to establish itself so forbade kill of the cattle or colony in the sphere. But John Macarthur, who wanted to establish sheep in the colony, took a like to the prime grazing state. He convinced the british government to overrule the local presidency and grant him 5,000 acres ( 20 km2 ) barely confederacy of the Nepean River in 1805. Four years subsequently a count of other grants were made to farmers between Camden and Liverpool. [ 7 ] The Tharawal initially worked with the local farmers but a drought in 1814 led to large numbers of neighbouring Gandangara people moving into the area in search of food. Tensions developed between the british and the Gandangara leading to skirmishes and a number of deaths on each side. Governor Macquarie felt a permanent settlement would lead to holy order in the area and thus Campbell-Town was born in 1820. [ 8 ]

Town development [edit ]

parade for centennial celebrations near Club Hotel on corner of Queen and Cordeaux Streets, Campbelltown, Sydney, 1920 Development of the town was slow particularly after the departure of Macquarie, and it was n’t until 1831 that residents took possession of township nation. however, it was during this period that Campbelltown ‘s most celebrated incident occurred. In 1826, local farmer Frederick Fisher disappeared. According to folklore, his ghostwriter appeared sitting on a fence train over a brook merely south of the town and pointed to a site where his body was by and by found to be buried. In memory of the incidental, the Fisher ‘s Ghost festival is held each November in Campbelltown. [ 9 ] Campbelltown ‘s population increased steadily in the decades following. The southern rail line was extended to Campbelltown in 1858, leading to further development, and in 1882, Campbelltown Council was established allowing municipal works to occur in earnest. Campbelltown became the first state town in New South Wales to have piped water system in 1888 and in the period between the World Wars, a local power post was built to supply electricity to residents. [ 4 ] During excavations for post war exploitation of residential property in the area Neanderthal remains were found. This was late concluded to be the remains of the direct ancestors of the current local anesthetic population. The area had been settled for at least 10,000 years prior to european colonization. Campbelltown was designated in the early 1960s as a satellite city by the New South Wales Planning Authority, and a regional capital for the south west of Sydney. There was extensive building and population growth in the intervene time and the government set aside state surrounding the township for public and private housing and industry. [ 10 ]

geography [edit ]

climate [edit ]

Campbelltown has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification : Cfa ) with balmy to cool winters and quick to hot summers .

commercial area [edit ]

Campbelltown based on NASA satellite images Location map ofbased on NASA satellite images The old town center, as laid down by Lachlan Macquarie, is still the main commercial area and includes the Queen Street shopping strip, Campbelltown Mall, Campbelltown railway station and bus counterchange, the council chambers and a number of historic buildings. The main residential area is to the south and east of the town center. On the northwestern english of the railway line is an industrial area. To the southwest is a second commercial area based around Macarthur railway station which includes the University of Western Sydney and Macarthur Square, a big shop plaza. It features an outdoor entertainment and restaurant precinct known as “ Kellicar Lane ” which opened after an expansion in November 2005. It features a food court that has big glass windows that look over Kellicar Lane, Campbelltown and the surrounding countryside .

heritage listings [edit ]

Glenalvon ( 1840 ), Lithgow Street c. 1823), Cordeaux Street St Peter ‘s Church ( ), Cordeaux Street c. 1840), Lithgow Street Richmond Villa ( ), Lithgow Street Campbelltown has a number of heritage-listed sites on the New South Wales State Heritage Register, including :
The take after extra buildings in cardinal Campbelltown are listed on the ( now defunct ) Register of the National Estate. [ 19 ]

• St Peter’s Church of England, Cordeaux Street
• Richmond Villa, 12 Lithgow Street
• Town Hall, 315 Queen Street
• Campbelltown Court House, Queen Street
• Campbelltown Police Station, Railway Street
• Graves of Matthew Healey, James Ruse, Cemetery, George and Broughton Streets

tape drive [edit ]

Campbelltown Railway Station Campbelltown lies on the main road and railing links from Sydney to the southwest. The Hume Motorway links Campbelltown north to Liverpool, Sydney Airport and Sydney CBD and south to Goulburn and Canberra.

Campbelltown railroad track station and Macarthur railway post are on the Airport & South Line of the Sydney Trains network. Campbelltown is besides the northern terminus of most southern Highlands Line intercity services. Campbelltown is besides well serviced by buses. Busabout provides a phone number of services from Campbelltown Station to virtually all the surrounding suburb of Campbelltown adenine well as to Camden. Interline provides a service from Campbelltown to Glenfield and Picton Buslines provides a service from Campbelltown to Picton via Camden. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ]

Health [edit ]

Campbelltown Hospital Campbelltown Hospital is separate of the South Western Sydney Local Health District and is located on the southern edge of the suburb near Ambarvale. Campbelltown Private Hospital is located nearby and with the Centric build [ 23 ] constitute a close-knit, combined public-private-consulting rooms complex within a convenient radius at Park Central. Campbelltown Hospital is a major metropolitan hospital. Its emergency department is one of the busiest in Sydney, equipped with 32 beds and will expand further with the renovation of the hospital. [ 24 ] The hospital has a wide scope of surgical specialties including cosmopolitan operation ( and its subspecialties of Breast & Endocrine operating room and Colorectal Surgery ), orthopedic operating room, ENT operating room, ophthalmology ( Eye surgery ), etc. Breast cancers, thyroid and parathyroid gland diseases, a well as colonic irrigation and rectal cancers are peculiarly well served by the hospital, with its surgeons managing high volumes of these diseases at both Campbelltown Public and Private hospitals. [ 25 ] The Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre is a dedicate facility providing radiotherapy, chemotherapy and multidisciplinary cancer concern to the local residents [ 26 ] Bed capacity is presently at 340 during bill times, with a planned addition of 90 beds with the stream renovation ( stage 1 ), bringing it up to 430 beds by the end of 2015. The raw hospital barricade with an extra 90 beds is nearing completion with plan of the next major degree of renovation already afoot ( stage 2 ). It has a well-equipped intensive concern ( ICU ) and senior high school dependence unit ( HDU ) with the ability to support ventilate and critically ill patients. The hospital is well supported by a radiology department with services including ultrasounds, CT scans vitamin a well as a state-of-the-art MRI scanner [ 27 ]

education [edit ]

Image courtesy Campbelltown City Library. Queen Street, Campbelltown, 1893. The Western Sydney University ( old name University of Western Sydney ) has a Campbelltown Campus, located on Narellan Road. It was established from 1983 as the second campus of the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education, which merged into WSU in 1989. There are a number of local schools, including :

• Campbelltown Performing Arts High School
• Broughton Anglican College
• Campbelltown Public School
• Campbelltown East Public School
• Campbelltown North Public School
• St Patricks College Campbelltown
• John Therry Catholic High School
• St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary
• St Peter’s Anglican Primary
• Robert Townson High School
• Mount Carmel Catholic College
• Robert Townson Public School
• Kearns Public School
• Blairmount Public School
• Claymore Public School
• Eaglevale High School
• Leumeah Public School
• Leumeah High School
• Rosemeadow Public School
• Ambarvale High School
• Sarah Redfern High School
• Sarah Redfern Public School
• Minto Public School
• The Grange Public School
• Campbellfield Public School
• Al Faisal College
• St. Peter’s Anglican Primary School (Campbelltown)
• Airds High School
• Woodland Road Public School

In the smother suburbs are a count of early schools associated with Campbelltown such as Broughton Anglican College, Mount Carmel High School ( Varroville ), Thomas Reddall High School ( Ambarvale ), Ambarvale High School ( Rosemeadow ), Menangle Park, and St Gregory ‘s College, Campbelltown which is located in its own suburb, Gregory Hills .

Housing [edit ]

The residential area has a combination of populace and privately owned housing. public house estates are scattered across the area and the neighbor areas .

population [edit ]

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 12,566 people in the suburb of Campbelltown, [ 1 ] and 157,006 residents in the Campbelltown Local Government Area. [ 28 ] In the suburb of Campbelltown ,

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.
• 62.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 3.2%, Philippines 2.4%, India 2.1% and Sri Lanka 1.2%.
• 75.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.9%, Samoan 1.8%, Mandarin 1.4%, Tagalog 1.4% and Spanish 1.3%.
• The most common responses for religion were Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 20.8%, and Anglican 15.8%.[1]

celebrated residents [edit ]

culture [edit ]

The Arts [edit ]

Campbelltown Arts Centre The Campbelltown Arts Centre, situated merely south of the main town center features a 180-seat performance space, exhibition galleries and workspaces. Outside is a sculpt garden and a japanese Gardens and Teahouse that was a giving from Campbelltown ‘s sister city Koshigaya in Japan. [ 29 ]

Fisher ‘s Ghost Festival [edit ]

The Fisher ‘s Ghost Festival is an annual festival held in recognition of Frederick Fisher, an manumit convict who owned farming country in Campbelltown. Legend has it that Fisher appeared to local man John Farley as a ghostwriter after being murdered by George Worrall, his friend and neighbor, over a land dispute. An annual parade through Campbelltown ‘s main street, Queen Street, is held each November, and a circus including fairground rides and other entertainment is held at Bradbury Oval, a local sports earth. Over a period of two weeks many activities take topographic point, including the Fisher ‘s Ghost Fun Run, the Fisher ‘s Ghost Art Award and the Street Party which was once known as the Mardi Gras. [ 30 ]

Media [edit ]

Campbelltown is home to two local radio stations, 2MCR and C91.3 FM. The two local newspapers are the Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser and the Macarthur Chronicle. [ 31 ]
Campbelltown Sports stadium from above .

sport and refreshment [edit ]

Campbelltown is very well known for its impregnable sporting culture. This includes Rugby League, Cricket, Athletics, Soccer and australian Rules Football. Campbelltown has produced many master athletes who have represented Australia at Olympic level. Its leading sporting team is the Wests Tigers who play in the National Rugby League competition. The Wests Tigers are a fusion of two foundation clubs of the old New South Wales Rugby League premiership, the western Suburbs Magpies and the Balmain Tigers. As such, they play some of their home games at Campbelltown Stadium in neighbouring Leumeah and others at Leichhardt Oval in inner-western Sydney. The Magpies still exist as a stand-alone team in the lower-tier rival, the New South Wales Cup, and play home games at Campbelltown Stadium. Macarthur FC will play their first temper in the A-League in former 2020, after they were awarded a license under the name “ Macarthur South-West Sydney ” in December 2018 as separate of the league ‘s expansion. [ 32 ] The club will play their home games at Campbelltown Stadium. Another tenant of Campbelltown Stadium is the Macarthur Rams soccer team which plays in the New South Wales Premier League competition. [ 33 ] Campbelltown is represented in the Sydney Grade Cricket contest by the Campbelltown-Camden Ghosts who play their home games in Raby [ 34 ] and in the Sydney AFL ‘s Premier Division, by the Campbelltown Blues who play their home games in Macquarie Fields. [ 35 ] The Campbelltown District Netball Association, based in Minto, plays in the third division of the Netball NSW State League. [ 36 ] [ 37 ]

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