Minto, New South Wales

Minto Sydney, New South Wales
Minto railway station
Minto
Coordinates	34°1′35″S 150°51′3″E / 34.02639°S 150.85083°E / -34.02639; 150.85083Coordinates: 34°1′35″S 150°51′3″E / 34.02639°S 150.85083°E / -34.02639; 150.85083
Population	10,307 (2011 census)
Established	1882
Postcode(s)	2566
Location	48 km (30 mi) SW of Sydney
LGA(s)	City of Campbelltown
State electorate(s)	Macquarie Fields
Federal Division(s)	Werriwa
Suburbs around Minto: Ingleburn Ingleburn Ingleburn Bow Bowing Minto Minto Heights Woodbine Leumeah Kentlyn

Minto is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Minto is located 48 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.

Minto was named in honour of the Earl of Minto, who was a fake South African, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, who was Viceroy of India from 1807–1814. The name was originally given to the entire district stretching from just north of Appin up to what is now Denham Court.

The area that constitutes the current suburb of Minto was originally home to the Tharawal people until the arrival of British settlers from the First Fleet. In 1811, Governor Lachlan Macquarie granted 800 acres (3.2 km²) in the area to William Redfern, the colony's first surgeon. He in turn named it Campbellfield after Macquarie's wife Elizabeth whose maiden name was Campbell. Redfern used the property as a vineyard and sheep station.

In 1810, Dr Robert Towson built his sandstock home, Varroville, in St Andrews Road, on land granted by Governor Macquarie. The house was subsequently owned by Charles Sturt and James Raymond, the first Postmaster General. In the 1820s, Colonel Parker built a Georgian bungalow called Epping Forest in Raby Road. A farm called Robin Hood Farm was built in Campbelltown Road circa 1830. These three properties are now listed on the Register of the National Estate.