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Catherine Field is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Catherine Field is located 60 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Camden Council.
[edit] History
The area now known as Catherine Field was originally home to the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people. In 1805 John Macarthur established his property at Camden where he raised merino sheep. [1]
Catherine Field was home to a theme park called El Caballo Blanco in the 1980s.
[edit] 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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