Varroville, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Varroville
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = Rural area in Varroville
lga = City of Campbelltown
postcode = 2566
pop =
est =
area =
propval =
stategov = Macquarie Fields
fedgov = Werriwa
near-nw = Leppington
near-n = Denham Court
near-ne = Denham Court
near-w = Catherine Field
near-e = Ingleburn
near-sw = Kearns
near-s = Raby
near-se = St Andrews
dist1 = 46
dir1 = south-west
location1= Sydney CBD

Varroville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Varroville is located 46 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. Varroville forms part of the scenic hills on the north-west side of the M5 South Western Motorway between Campbelltown and the Camden Valley Way.

History

Varroville was originally a farm called "Varro Ville". One thousand acres of land was granted by Governor Lachlan Macquarie to Dr Robert Townson, a scientist and scholar in 1809. Townson developed the farm and grew a vineyard and raised cattle. Townson died in 1827 and ownership passed onto Thomas Wills the brother of Sarah Redfern wife of William Redfern. In 1837 the farm was sold to Charles Sturt a famous explorer who moved in from Mittagong. James Raymond took over in 1839. Alfred Cheeke, a supreme court judge was a later owner. By 1900 Varro Ville was a leading dairy farm in the Campbelltown area. The farmhouse fell into disrepair, but has been restored by the new owners and the National Trust. The Central Hills Scenic Protection Lands was created in April 1972 to preserve the land use in the area. Campbelltown Council has refused small block subdivisions. The name Varroville was officially adopted in 1972 for the area between Raby and Denham Court. The area was previously part of Minto. [http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/text.asp?iDocID=2107&iNavCatID=322&iSubCatID=1391 History of Varroville extract of "Campbelltown's Streets and Suburbs - How and why they got their names" written by Jeff McGill, Verlie Fowler and Keith Richardson, 1995, published by Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society ]

Landmarks

The Mount Carmel Novitiate was built in 1966, while the highly regarded Mount Carmel High School was opened in 1986.

Transport

The main road in Varroville is St Andrews Road. This was originally a dirt track, skirting St Andrews farm, owned by Andrew Thompson. Other roads named after saints are St James and St David.Varroville is home to Kooringa Reserve which is the home of the St. Marys Eagle Vale Soccer Club.

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