City of Campbelltown, New South Wales

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City of Campbelltown
New South Wales
Population:
• Density:		 150,589
483/km²
Area: 312 km²
Mayor: Aaron Rule
Council Seat: Campbelltown
Region: Metropolitan Sydney
State District: Campbelltown, Macquarie Fields, Camden
Federal Division: Macarthur, Werriwa
Website: http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/

The City of Campbelltown is a Local Government Area in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located about 55 km south west of the Sydney central business district.

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[edit] Suburbs in the local government area

Suburbs in the City of Campbelltown are:

[edit] History and Growth

Campbelltown was founded in 1820, named after Elizabeth Macquarie née Campbell, wife of the then Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie. The town was one of a series of south-western settlements being established by Macquarie at that time. Others include Ingleburn and Liverpool.

Campbelltown was designated in the early 1950s as a satellite city, and a regional capital for the south west of Sydney. There was extensive building and population growth in the intervening time and the government surrounded the township with areas which were set aside for public and private housing. Lately, land prices have risen, in line with the rest of Sydney and many public housing areas such as Minto are being redeveloped as the design of several based on radburn principles were deemed to be poor.

Campbelltown was declared a City by the Hon. P.H. Morton MLA, Minister for Local Government and Highways, on May 4, 1968. That same day saw the arrival of the first electric train to Campbelltown from Sydney.

As a City, Campbelltown honoured the 1st Signals Regiment (now the 1st Joins Support Unit) with the medieval custom of the Freedom of the City. The Mayor, Alderman Clive Tregear, wanted to recognise the contribution to the units based at the Ingleburn Army Barracks. The Regiment marched through Campbelltown unitl it got transferred to Queensland in the late 1980's.

Campbelltown was presented with its own coat of arms in 1969. The Arms were based those on the Arms of the Campbell Family in Scotland.

Campbelltown today acts as a significant regional centre for southwestern Sydney and while the majority of land within the area has been developed, there is expected to be a great deal of growth in surrounding areas such as Bringelly and Camden in coming years.

[edit] Politics

Campbelltown City Council consists of 15 Councillors, elected at large by Single Transferable Vote. The council is composed of seven Labor councillors, two Liberal councillors, one Greens councillors, and five independents. At the most recent elections in March 2004, the Labor ticket increased its presence from five councillors to seven, with a swing of 15%, while the Liberals gained an extra seat on the Council and the Greens retained their single seat. The current Mayor, Aaron Rule, and the Deputy Mayor, Mollie Thomas, were elected at an election in October 2006. The mayorlty is rotated between Labor and the Rule-Thomas team.

Two federal electorates overlap the City of Campbelltown, Werriwa and Macarthur. Three state electorates overlap Campbelltown: Camden, Campbelltown, and Macquarie Fields.

[edit] State Politics

Labor candidates have dominated state and federal elections in Campbelltown over recent decades, and currently hold all three state electorates and one of the two federal electorates in Campbelltown.

The seat of Camden predominantly covers the neighbouring Camden Council, only including some fringe areas of Campbelltown, and is currently held by Labor's Geoff Corrigan, the former Mayor of Camden. The seat was won off the Liberal Party at the 2003 State election.

The seat of Campbelltown covers southern parts of the City of Campbelltown, and is held by Labor's Graham West. The seat was previously held by Michael Knight, prior to his resignation in 2001, which triggered a by-election, won by Labor canidate Graham West.

The seat of Macquarie Fields is held by Labor's Steven Chaytor, a former advisor to Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who gained the seat in a September 2005 by-election, triggered by the resignation of senior NSW Minister Craig Knowles following the retirement of Premier Bob Carr.

[edit] Federal Politics

Campbelltown is divided between two federal electorates, with the northern half of the city being taken in by the Division of Werriwa and the southern half of the city being taken in by the Division of Macarthur.

Werriwa has been held by the Australian Labor Party for over 70 years, and was held by Leader of the Opposition Mark Latham prior to his resignation in early 2005. Following this by-election in March 2005, Labor's Chris Hayes was elected to the House of Representatives.

Macarthur has been traditionally a bellwether seat, which shifted northwards into Campbelltown following the 1998 redistribution. While this redistribution made the seat, held at the time by former NSW Liberal Premier John Fahey, notionally Labor, the nomination of former ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer for the Liberal party helped defeat the Labor Party, and the seat has now become a safe Liberal seat.

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