Campbelltown, New South Wales

Campbelltown Sydney, New South Wales
Queen Street in Campbelltown
Campbelltown Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	34°3′54″S 150°48′51″E / 34.06500°S 150.81417°E / -34.06500; 150.81417Coordinates: 34°3′54″S 150°48′51″E / 34.06500°S 150.81417°E / -34.06500; 150.81417
Population	110,400 (2011 census)
Established	1820
Postcode(s)	2560
Location	51 km (32 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Campbelltown
Region	Metropolitan Sydney, Macarthur, New South Wales
State electorate(s)	Campbelltown
Federal Division(s)	Macarthur
Suburbs around Campbelltown: Blair Athol Woodbine Woodbine Mount Annan Campbelltown Ruse Glen Alpine Ambarvale Bradbury

Campbelltown is a suburb and major centre in the metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-west of the Sydney central business district. Campbelltown is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. It is also acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales as one of only four cities within the Sydney metropolitan area.

Campbelltown gets its name from Elizabeth Campbell, the wife of former Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie. Originally called Campbell-Town, the name was later simplified to the current Campbelltown.

The area that later became Campbelltown was inhabited prior to white settlement by the Tharawal people. Not long after the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney in 1788, a small herd of six cattle escaped and weren't seen again by the British settlers for seven years. They were spotted, however, by the Tharawal people. In a rock art site called Bull Cave near Campbelltown, they drew a number of cattle with pronounced horns. The Tharawal described the cattle to British explorers and in 1795 the British found a herd of around 60 cattle grazing in the area now known as Camden.