Cranebrook

Cranebrook Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney International Regatta Centre
Cranebrook
Coordinates	33°43′15″S 150°42′47″E / 33.72083°S 150.71306°E / -33.72083; 150.71306Coordinates: 33°43′15″S 150°42′47″E / 33.72083°S 150.71306°E / -33.72083; 150.71306
Population	14,721 (2011 census)
Established	1804
Postcode(s)	2749
Location	65 km (40 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Penrith City Council
State electorate(s)	Penrith Londonderry
Federal Division(s)	Lindsay
Suburbs around Cranebrook: Castlereagh Londonderry Londonderry Castlereagh Cranebrook Llandilo Mount Riverview Penrith Cambridge Gardens

Cranebrook is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cranebrook is located 65 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

It is surrounded by the rural suburbs of Castlereagh, Llandilo and Londonderry and has come to incorporate the Mount Pleasant housing estate, long regarded as a separate suburb.

Cranebrook takes its name from a pioneer farmer, James McCarthy, who was granted 100 acres (400,000 m²) of land in 1804 and named it "Crane Brook farm", after the abundance of cranes in the area. James McCarthy started a cemetery in 1804. After his four-year-old daughter died, he set aside some land to bury her in what became one of the first Catholic cemeteries in Australia.

Cranebrook Post Office opened on 1 August 1886, closed in 1929, re-opened in 1934 and closed in 1957.

Cranebrook's geography is hilly and so many residents on the western side enjoy views across the Nepean River to the Blue Mountains. Residents on the eastern side enjoy views across the ADI Site, an area rich in Cumberland Woodland and populated with many kangaroos.

In the eastern side of Cranebrook, The Northern Road separates Cranebrook from an area of land known as the ADI Site, around 15 square kilometres in size. Aspects relating to the sale and development of this land have been a strong local political issue. The south side of Cranebrook is bounded by Andrews Road and the north side of Cranebrook is bounded by Smeeton Road. Nearby is McCarthys Lane Cemetery, considered the oldest Catholic cemetery in Australia.