Blairmount, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Blairmount
City:Sydney
State:nsw
Local Map:yes
Zoom:13
Lga:City of Campbelltown
Postcode:2559
Pop:409
Stategov:Campbelltown
Fedgov:Macarthur
Near-Nw:Catherine Field
Near-N:Eschol Park
Near-Ne:Eagle Vale
Near-W:Currans Hill
Near-E:Claymore
Near-Sw:Blair Athol
Near-S:Campbelltown
Near-Se:Woodbine
Dist1:58
Dir1:southwest
Location1:Sydney

Blairmount is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 58 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. It is part of the Macarthur region. Its main road is Clydesdale Drive and its other streets are named after horse breeds.

History

The history of the region begins over 40,000 years ago and is contained in the continuing culture of the Tharawal people. The land still contains reminders of their past lives in rock engravings, cave paintings, axe grinding grooves and shell middens.

British settlers began moving into the area in the early 19th century, establishing farms and orchards on the fertile soil. In 1928, a Frank Young brought the property which was now known as Blairmount and turned it into a horse stud specialising in Clydesdale horses. The suburb began to be redeveloped into housing in the 1980s and a school was opened in 1983.[1]

Demographics

According to the, there were 409 residents in Blairmount. In Blairmount, 62.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were Fiji 3.4%, Philippines 3.2%, Vietnam 2.2%, India 2.0% and England 1.7%. 56.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 6.4%, Hindi 3.9%, Punjabi 3.2%, Tongan 2.7% and Tagalog 2.4%. The most common responses for religion in Blairmount were Catholic 24.0%, No Religion 22.0%, Anglican 14.2%, Not stated 10.0% and Islam 6.1%.

Schools

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of Blairmount . https://web.archive.org/web/20060901100115/http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=2094&iNavCatID=322&iSubCatID=1367 . dead . 1 September 2006 . Campbelltown City Council . 31 August 2007 .