Cattai, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Cattai
City:Sydney
State:nsw
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Pop:1,077
Pop2:790
Pop2 Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:2756
Elevation:27
Dist1:63
Dir1:north-west
Location1:Sydney CBD
Lga:The Hills Shire
Lga2:City of Hawkesbury
Stategov:Hawkesbury
Fedgov:Macquarie
Fedgov2:Berowra
Near-N:South Maroota
Near-Ne:Canoelands
Near-E:Glenorie
Near-Se:Maraylya
Near-S:Maraylya
Near-Sw:Pitt Town
Near-W:Wilberforce
Near-Nw:Ebenezer

Cattai is an historic suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 44 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 30 kilometres north-west of Parramatta. It is in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and City of Hawkesbury.[2] Cattai's state electoral district is Hawkesbury, and its federal electoral divisions are Berowra and Macquarie.[3] [4]

Cattai is bounded in the north-west by the Hawkesbury River and is traversed by Cattai Creek. It encompasses the heritage-listed Cattai Estate, located within Cattai National Park at the junction of the Creek and the River.[5] [6] The Georgian house was built between 1804 and 1821 by former Magistrate Thomas Arndell, with further additions being made in the 1860s. Cattai is also home to a historic rural public primary school that was founded in 1886.[7] The suburb was originally home to the Darug Indigenous Australians before being settled in the early nineteenth century.[8] [9]

History

Indigenous Peoples

See main article: Darug. The locality of Cattai was the home of the Darug people who occupied a large expanse of Greater Western Sydney. The Darug people are thought to have occupied the locality of Cattai for more than 20,000 years.[10]

The name Cattai was originally thought to have derived from an Aboriginal word with an unknown meaning. However, it was more likely named by the First Fleet Assistant Surgeon and Magistrate Thomas Arndell who built a homestead called 'Caddie'. The homestead is now called Cattai Estate and resides in Cattai National Park.[11] The suburb of Cattai has henceforth been considered a misnomer of 'Caddie'.

Settlement

See main article: European settlement of Australia. European settlers moved into the area in 1794 to sustain the food shortages of Sydney. Following protests by the Dharug people over the loss of their traditional hunting and fishing lands, soldiers were sent to the area in 1795.

Cattai Post Office opened on 26 November 1906 and closed in 1994.[12]

Cattai Public School was established in 1886.[13] Arndell Anglican College was an independent secondary college that was established in Cattai in 1990, until it moved to its current site of Oakville in 1994.[14]

Heritage listings

Cattai has a number of heritage-listed sites, the most notable being Cattai Estate on Wisemans Ferry Road.[15]

Demographics

Population

At the, there were 1,077 people in Cattai. The median age was 40.

Culture and language

The majority of people from Cattai were born in Australia (85.0%). The most common responses for religion was No Religion (31.0%), followed closely by Catholic (28.7%) and Anglican (21.2%).

The majority of people spoke only English at home (89.8%). The second most spoken language was Punjabi (0.9%).

Wealth

Cattai is an affluent suburb in the growing north-west of Sydney. The median weekly household income is A$2,878, which is 164.8% greater than the national average. In 2018, Cattai had a median house sale price of A$1.9 million.[16] 47.3% of the households have an income greater than A$3,000 per week.

Landmarks

Parks and sights

Education facilities

Other

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .
  2. Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007
  3. Web site: Profile of the Electoral Division of Berowra (NSW). Australian Electoral Commission. Australian Electoral Commission. en-AU. https://web.archive.org/web/20180309214220/http://aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/berowra.htm. 9 March 2018. live. 2019-02-11.
  4. Web site: Profile of the Electoral Division of Macquarie (NSW). Australian Electoral Commission. Australian Electoral Commission. en-AU. https://web.archive.org/web/20180912092039/https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/macquarie.htm. 12 September 2018. live. 2019-02-11.
  5. 00982. S90/05713;S91/02261; S90/06440. 2 June 2018.
  6. The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p. 2/12
  7. Book: Fletcher, Jim. Cattai Public School: A Centenary History. 1985. 9780731602667. en.
  8. Web site: Cattai Estate. NSW Environment & Heritage. environment.nsw.gov.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20180711185227/http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5014094. 11 July 2018. live. 2019-04-11.
  9. Book: The other Sydney : communities, identities and inequalities in Western Sydney. 2000. Common Ground Publishing. Collins, Jock, 1949-, Poynting, Scott.. 1863350179. Altona, Vic.. 158. 50155548.
  10. News: Cattai, NSW - Aussie Towns. Aussie Towns. 2018-10-28. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20190407013318/http://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/cattai-nsw. 7 April 2019. live.
  11. Web site: Baulkham Hills City Council Origin of Suburb Names. McHardy. Cathy. Hawkesbury.org. 300 Purple Toasters. 6 December 2016.
  12. Web site: Post Office List. Premier Postal History. 1 June 2012.
  13. Web site: About Us. Cattai Public School. Cattai Public School. 6 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220092421/http://www.cattai-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/. 20 December 2016. live.
  14. Web site: History and Culture. Arndell Anglican College. arndell.nsw.edu.au. 6 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161103000855/http://www.arndell.nsw.edu.au/content/history-and-culture. 3 November 2016. live.
  15. 00982. S90/05713;S91/02261; S90/06440. 18 May 2018.
  16. Web site: Market Trends for Cattai NSW. March 2018. Property Value. 28 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181028153308/https://www.propertyvalue.com.au/suburb/cattai-2756-nsw. 28 October 2018. live.