Leumeah

Leumeah Sydney, New South Wales
Aerial image of Leumeah; the railway station is on the top left corner; Campbelltown Stadium is towards the right and Mosaic Buildings on the left
Leumeah
Coordinates	34°3′20″S 150°50′00″E / 34.05556°S 150.83333°E / -34.05556; 150.83333Coordinates: 34°3′20″S 150°50′00″E / 34.05556°S 150.83333°E / -34.05556; 150.83333
Population	9,419 (2011 census)
Established	1887
Postcode(s)	2560
Location	52 km (32 mi) south-west of Sydney
LGA(s)	Campbelltown
State electorate(s)	Macquarie Fields Campbelltown
Federal Division(s)	Macarthur, Werriwa
Suburbs around Leumeah: Woodbine Minto Minto Heights Woodbine Leumeah Kentlyn Campbelltown Campbelltown Ruse

Leumeah is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 52 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. It is north of the suburb of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region.

The name Leumeah recognises both early settler John Warby, who called his farm Leumeah, and the Tharawal people who originally inhabited the area. It means "Here I rest" and comes from the Tharawal language. Clans of the Tharawal roamed over a wide area from Botany Bay to the Shoalhaven River and inland to Campbelltown. They lived a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle, eating local foods (bush tucker) such as kangaroo, fish, yams and berries. They made tools out of stones, bones and shells to help them build bark shelters, canoes and possum-skin clothing.

John Warby was a convict explorer transported to Sydney on the Pitt in February 1792. In 1802, he was given the job of protecting the cattle roaming free in the Cowpastures area, as the area south west of Sydney was then known. He befriended the Tharawals and learnt some of their language. In 1816, he was granted 260 acres (1.1 km²) at what is now Leumeah where he built his house, a barn and stables. The barn still stands as part of the Colonial Motor Inn.

In 1887, a railway station was built in the area. Originally, it was named Holly Lea after the property of a local politician but local opposition swiftly got the name changed to Leumeah. In 1926, a substantial amount of land was released as a sub-division although the Great Depression deferred substantial growth in the area until after World War II. Subdivision continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s and in 1969, the suburb was formally named Leumeah.