Eschol Park, New South Wales

Eschol Park Sydney, New South Wales
Eschol Park House
Eschol Park
Coordinates	34°1′49″S 150°48′34″E / 34.03028°S 150.80944°E / -34.03028; 150.80944Coordinates: 34°1′49″S 150°48′34″E / 34.03028°S 150.80944°E / -34.03028; 150.80944
Population	2,656 (2011 census)
Established	1978
Postcode(s)	2558
Location	60 km (37 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Campbelltown
State electorate(s)	Macquarie Fields
Federal Division(s)	Werriwa
Suburbs around Eschol Park: Catherine Field Kearns Raby Catherine Field Eschol Park Eagle Vale Currans Hill Blairmount Claymore

Eschol Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eschol Park is located 60 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region.

The area now known as Eschol Park was originally home to the Tharawal people, based in the Illawarra region. In 1805, wool pioneer John Macarthur was granted 5,000 acres (20 km²) at Cowpastures (now Camden). This in turn led to other land grants in what is now known as the Macarthur area. One of these was a property named Eagle Vale. Campbelltown postmaster and storekeeper William Fowler bought the property in 1858 with the intention of establishing a vineyard. As a devout Christian, he gave the property a biblical name 'Eshcol Park'. An avenue of fine old trees in Eschol Park Drive, off Raby Road, guards what was once the entrance to the historic mansion. The house itself (the first parts of which were built in 1816) is now a restaurant.

Fowler quickly established an extensive vineyard and two-storey winery on his property, and within a decade or so, was producing 2000 to 3000 gallons of award-winning wines. In 1876, he sold all his land to Samuel Spencer Milgate, who owned a local produce store off Queen Street. John Gorus, a Dutch photographer, bought the property two years later and continued the viticulture tradition.