Long Point, New South Wales

:"Note: There are [http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=Long+Point&placetype=0&state=NSW several other locations] in New South Wales also called Long Point."Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Long Point
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Campbelltown
postcode = 2564
pop =
est =
area =
propval =
stategov = Macquarie Fields
fedgov = Werriwa
near-nw = Macquarie Fields
near-n = Macquarie Fields
near-ne = Holsworthy
near-w = Ingleburn
near-e = Holsworthy
near-sw = Ingleburn
near-s = Holsworthy
near-se = Holsworthy
dist1 = 46
dir1 = south-west
location1= Sydney

Long Point is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Long Point is located 46 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.

History

Situated on a bend in the Georges River, this area was long known as Long Point, Long Nose Point or just The Point until formally being dubbed Long Point in 1975. The land was first granted to settler Thomas Mills in the early 1800s before being consumed by William Redfern's Campbellfields Estate a few years later. Later it was considered part of Macquarie Fields. In the 1930s high profile gangsters from East Sydney would use small houses set up in Long Point bushland as hiding places from the law.

Sand was mined in the area for a number of years and once mining work was completed, access trails were preserved for the fire brigade. It was preserved as a Scenic Protection Area in the 1970s by Campbelltown Council. [cite web | url= http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=2117&iNavCatID=322&iSubCatID=1381 | title=History of Long Point | publisher=Campbelltown City Council| accessdate=2008-03-21]

Recreation

Long Point is a scenic protection neighbourhood. The area now has a camping site that accommodates up to 120 people.

Wildlife

Numerous Koala sightings have been made in Long Point. These are regularly reported in the local newspaper the Macarthur Adveritiser in the Mac Koala column. The area has been referred to as "death adder valley" due to the large population of death adder snakes in the area. Fact|date=July 2008

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