Pheasants Nest, New South Wales

Pheasants Nest is a small village in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. It has a north bound and south bound roadhouse on the Hume Highway. At the 2006 census, Pheasants Nest had a population of 656 people.[1]

Pheasants Nest was named after the Lyrebird, local to the Bargo area, which was mistakenly called a pheasant by early explorers.

Organisations

Pheasants Nest Rural Fire Brigade

The Pheasants Nest Rural Fire Brigade consists of a two bay tin station. Housed in the station is the brigade's Cat 1 Tanker, code name Pheasants Nest 1 and the brigade's Cat 9 vehicle, code name Pheasants Nest 9.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Pheasants Nest (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC18527&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 12 November 2009. 
Suburbs and localities within Wollondilly Shire · Macarthur · South-western Sydney · Sydney