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Macquarie Fields
Sydney, New South Wales

Railway Parade, Macquarie Fields
Population: 13,000 (2006)
Established: 1883
Postcode: 2564
Location: 42 km (26 mi) south-west of Sydney
LGA: City of Campbelltown
State District: Macquarie Fields
Federal Division: Werriwa
Suburbs around Macquarie Fields:
Macquarie Links Glenfield Holsworthy
Macquarie Links Macquarie Fields Holsworthy
Ingleburn Ingleburn Long Point

Macquarie Fields is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Macquarie Fields is located 42 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.

Macquarie Fields has a mix of public and private housing and is surrounded by bushland. Nearby Macquarie Links, is a high-security housing estate based around an international standard golf course.

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[edit] History

The original inhabitants of the Macquarie Fields area were the Darug people of western Sydney[1]. The rich soil of the area was home to an abundance of plants which in turn attracted animals such as kangaroos and emus, both of which along with yams and other native vegetables and fruit were part of the diet of the Darug[2]. They lived in small huts called gunyahs, made spears, tomahawks and boomerangs for hunting and had an elaborate system of tribal law and rituals with its origins in the Dreamtime[3]. However, following the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, they were pushed off their land by the British settlers.[4]

Macquarie Fields was named by early landholder James Meehan in honour of the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie.[5] The area was surveyed by Meehan in the early 1800s. Although transported to Australia as a convict for his role in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, Meehan had trained as a surveyor in Ireland and in 1803 was appointed assistant to NSW Surveyor-General Charles Grimes. In 1806 he was granted a full pardon and in 1810 became Surveyor-General. For his work, he was granted a number of parcels of land including 2,020 acres (8.2 km2) in what is now Macquarie Fields and neighbouring suburbs. He used the rich soil to grow cereal crops, fruit trees and to graze livestock.[6]

The property changed hands a couple of times after Meehan's death and in the 1840s, Samuel Terry built a Regency mansion, Macquarie Fields House, which still stands to this day. It is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.[7] In 1883, then owner William Phillips subdivided the land to create a new town he called Glenwood Estate with grand boulevards and fine buildings. A railway station was added to the line in 1888 but the depression of the 1890s meant the grand town failed to materialise with only a few small houses built on the lots. In the next Great Depression of the 1930s, the area became popular with the homeless who made makeshift huts not unlike those of the earlier Darug people.[8]

After World War II, the village grew steadily. A public school was opened in 1958 and by 1971, the population reached 3700. Around this time, a large Housing Commission development was built on the east side of town. This led to a huge population growth and there was even talk of splitting the suburb in two with the newer Housing Commission area taking the name Glenwood but opposition to the proposal put an end to that idea. Private housing developments sprung up further around and the weight of population contributed to a larger town centre.[9]

Macquarie Fields gained notoriety as the location of riots in 2005. Allegations were made that these were the result of the Housing Commission area being something of a ghetto. Since then, there has been a move to sell or demolish many of those houses, moves which are resisted by tenants, some of whom have lived there for thirty years or more.

[edit] Transport

Macquarie Fields railway station is serviced by the South, Cumberland and East Hills lines of the CityRail network.

Macquarie Fields is services by three Interline bus routes: 870 (Glenfield to Macarthur Sq), 871 (Macquarie Fields Station to Eucalyptus Drive - Peak Hours only) and 873 (Macquarie Fields Station to Ingleburn Station).[10]

[edit] Schools

[edit] Sport and Recreation

The town is home to the Macquarie Fields Lesiure Centre, which contains swimming pools, tennis courts and gymnastic facilities. There is also a number of sporting fields in the town. Sporting fields include Hazlet Oval, Monarch Oval and Third Avenue.

[edit] Population

Macquarie Fields is a suburb with a diverse community. According to the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census, it had a population of 12,973 people. Languages spoken in the area included Arabic (4%), Samoan (2.8%), Hindi (2.6%), Bengali (2%) and Spanish (1.8%). The unemployment rate (10.6%) was more than double the national average and the median family income ($1005 per week) was slightly lower than average. The most common occupations were clerical and administrative (18%), technicians and tradespeople (16%), labourers (15%) and machinery operators and drivers (14%).[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kohen, J: The Darug and their neighbours, page 9-22. ISBN 0 6461361 9 4
  2. ^ Kohen, J: The Darug and their neighbours, page 23-30. ISBN 0 6461361 9 4
  3. ^ Kohen, J: The Darug and their neighbours, page 23-46. ISBN 0 6461361 9 4
  4. ^ Kohen, J: The Darug and their neighbours, page 47-67. ISBN 0 6461361 9 4
  5. ^ "History of Macquarie Fields". Campbelltown City Council. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  6. ^ "History of Macquarie Fields". Campbelltown City Council. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
  7. ^ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/21
  8. ^ "History of Macquarie Fields". Campbelltown City Council. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  9. ^ "History of Macquarie Fields". Campbelltown City Council. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  10. ^ "Interline Bus Service". Interline Bus Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
  11. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Macquarie Fields (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.

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