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Grasmere is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
[edit] History
The area now known as Grasmere was originally home to the Gandangara people of the Southern Highlands although the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people, were also known to inhabit the area. In 1805, wool pioneer John Macarthur was granted 5,000 acres (20 km²) at Cowpastures (now Camden). Grasmere is still primarily a rural locality.[1]
[edit] People
[edit] Demographics
In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census, the suburb of Grasmere had a population of 823 people. The majority of families are couples with children (72%) who are Australian born (88%). The number of people professing to be Catholic (42%) or Anglican (36%) are much higher than the national figures.[2]
[edit] Politics
Grasmere lies in the south ward of Camden Council, currently represented by Chris Patterson (who is also the Mayor of Camden), Eva Campbell and Fred Whiteman. It sits within the state electorate of Camden, represented by Labor's Geoff Corrigan, the former Mayor of Camden, and the federal electorate of Macarthur, represented by Liberal's Pat Farmer, the former ultra-marathon runner.
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