Spring Farm, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Spring Farm
city = Sydney
state = nsw
lga = Camden Council
postcode = 2570
pop =
stategov = Camden
fedgov = Macarthur
near-nw = Elderslie
near-n = Narellan
near-ne = Narellan Vale
near-w = Camden
near-e = Mount Annan
near-sw = Camden South
near-s = Camden Park
near-se = Menangle Park
dist1 = 60
location1= Sydney CBD Spring Farm is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Part of Camden Council, it is located on the east side of the Nepean River. Until recently, it was mainly farmland with a winery, an electricity substation and the Jack's Gully landfill, but it is currently in the process of suburban redevelopment.

History

The area now known as Spring Farm was probably originally home to the Tharawal people, based in the Illawarra region, although the Western Sydney-based Darug people and the Southern Highlands-based Gandangara people were also known to have inhabited the greater Camden area. Very early relations with British settlers were cordial but as farmers started clearing and fencing the land affecting food resources in the area, clashes between the groups arose until 1816 when a number of indigenous people were massacred and the remainder retreated from direct conflict with the settlers.cite web | url = http://www.camden.nsw.gov.au/page/history.html |title= "The History of Camden" | publisher = Camden Historical Society | accessdate = 2007-06-14]

In 1805, wool pioneer John Macarthur was granted 5,000 acres (20 km²) at Cowpastures. After the land was cleared, it was used for farming for most of the next 200 years until Sydney's suburban sprawl reached the town of Camden and the farmland was subdivided into housing blocks.

Governance

Spring Farm lies in the south ward of Camden Council, currently represented by Chris Patterson (who is also the Mayor of Camden), Eva Campbell and Fred Whiteman. It sits within the state electorate of Camden, represented by Labor's Geoff Corrigan, the former Mayor of Camden, and the federal electorate of Macarthur, represented by Liberal's Pat Farmer, the former ultra-marathon runner.

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