A Visit to the Cowpastures, Robert Hannan

Article from Vol 47 no 4, November 2025

A Visit to the Cowpastures, Robert Hannan

Abstract:

Fifty-five society members enjoyed an excellent day visiting three historical properties in the Cobbitty area, on Sydney’s semi-rural western fringe, onSunday 12 October 2025. Once known as the Cowpastures on the colonial frontier of British settlement, the area was probably best known for ‘CamdenPark’, the large sheep property of Johnand Elizabeth Macarthur. The Dharawal people lived in this area for millennia.

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The Australiana Society acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.