Smeaton Grange, New South Wales

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Smeaton Grange
Sydney, New South Wales

Postcode:

2567

Location:

60 km (37 mi) from Sydney CBD

LGA:

Camden Council

State District:

Camden

Federal Division:

Macarthur

Suburbs around Smeaton Grange:
Harrington Park	Currans Hill	Currans Hill
Harrington Park	Smeaton Grange	Currans Hill
Narellan	Narellan Vale	Mount Annan

Smeaton Grange is an industrial suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Camden Council local government area. The suburb mainly consists of industrial buildings and warehouses.

1 History
2 Governance
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The area now known as Smeaton Grange 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] ^[2]

[edit] Governance

Smeaton Grange 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).

[edit] References

^ "The History of Camden". Camden Historical Society. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ "Aboriginal People and Place". City of Sydney. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.

[edit] External links

Smeaton Grange, New South Wales is at coordinates 34°02′06″S 150°45′25″E / -34.035, 150.757 (Smeaton Grange, New South Wales)Coordinates: 34°02′06″S 150°45′25″E / -34.035, 150.757 (Smeaton Grange, New South Wales)

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