Gilead, New South Wales

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Gilead
Sydney,  New South Wales
Population417 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2560
Location58 km (36 mi) south-west of Sydney
LGA(s) City of Campbelltown
State electorate(s) Campbelltown
Federal division(s) Macarthur
Suburbs around Gilead:
Glen Alpine Figtree Hill St Helens Park
Menangle Park Gilead Wedderburn
Menangle Appin Wedderburn

Gilead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Gilead is located 58 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region.

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History

Gilead was a land named in the Bible and famed for its fields of wheat. It obviously seemed like an ideal name for a wheat farm when Reuban Uther was granted 400 acres (1.6 km2) in 1812 but Uther only persisted with his dream for six years before selling the estate.

The purchaser was Thomas Rose who renamed it Mount Gilead. Rose lived and farmed the estate from 1818 until his death in 1837. [2] The estate was inherited by his son Henry Rose, until the foreclosure by the mortgagees in 1862. [3]

In 1941, the land was bought by the Macarthur-Onslow family, owners of nearby Camden Park Estate, who still own it today. While there has been talk of suburban development, Gilead remains farmland just beyond the edge of suburbia. [4]

Heritage listings

Gilead has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

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Thomas Rose was an early pioneer in the settlement of the British colony in New South Wales, Australia. After being transported from Britain for housebreaking, he established himself as first a baker, and then later a publican in Sydney. His grant and purchase of land in the Campbelltown area saw some of the earliest water conservation for agriculture in the colony, and the construction of one of the country's first windmills.

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gilead (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 January 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Family Notices". The Colonist . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 9 March 1837. p. 7. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 20 October 1862. p. 1. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "History of Gilead". Campbelltown City Council. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  5. ↑ "Beulah". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment & Heritage. H00368. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sugarloaf Farm". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment & Heritage. H01389. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

Coordinates: 34°07′04″S150°46′48″E / 34.11767°S 150.78000°E / -34.11767; 150.78000


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