Mount Annan, New South Wales

Mount Annan Sydney, New South Wales
Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
Population	10,540 (2011 census)
• Density	1,474.1/km2 (3,818/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2567
Elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Area	7.15 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Location	60 km (37 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Camden Council
Region	Macarthur
State electorate(s)	Camden
Federal Division(s)	Hume
Suburbs around Mount Annan: Smeaton Grange Currans Hill Blairmount Narellan Vale Mount Annan Campbelltown Spring Farm Menangle Park Glen Alpine

Mount Annan is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mount Annan is located 60 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Camden Council, and is part of the Macarthur region.

The area now known as Mount Annan was originally home to the Dharawal people, based in the Illawarra region, although the Western Sydney-based Darug people and the Southern Highlands-based Gandangara people were also known to have inhabited the greater Camden area. Very early relations with British settlers were cordial but as farmers started clearing and fencing the land, affecting food resources in the area, clashes between the groups arose until 1816 when a number of indigenous people were massacred and the remainder retreated from direct conflict with the settlers.

In 1805, wool pioneer John Macarthur was granted 5,000 acres (20 km²) at Cowpastures (now Camden). After the land was cleared, it was used for farming for most of the next 200 years until Sydney's suburban sprawl reached the town of Camden and modern suburbs like Mount Annan were subdivided into housing blocks.

Mount Annan is off the M5 motorway and Hume Highway. It includes the locality formerly known as Glenlee and the former Glenlee coal loader, which served the former Burragorang Valley coal mines. A number of bus services controlled by Busabout Sydney run through the suburb. The nearest railway station is Macarthur.