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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Narellan

Suburb

Far south-western residential and commercial suburb between Camden and Campbelltown. Formerly a small village, it started to grow under the Sydney Region Outline Plan (1968).

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Property
Administered by
Camden Council
Part of
Camden local government area
Type
Suburb

Narellan

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Ian Willis
,
2008

Traditional country of the Tharawal and Gundungurra people, the Narellan area was granted to colonists by Governor Macquarie and became a prosperous farming area, though the village remained small, and overshadowed by nearby Camden. From the 1970s, commercial and residential development took place that changed both the village and the surroundings, with extensive new suburbs.

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