Prospect, New South Wales

Prospect Sydney, New South Wales
The Prospect Reservoir at sunset
Prospect
Coordinates	33°47′57″S 150°55′32″E / 33.79917°S 150.92556°E / -33.79917; 150.92556Coordinates: 33°47′57″S 150°55′32″E / 33.79917°S 150.92556°E / -33.79917; 150.92556
Population	4,621 (2011 census)
Established	1791
Postcode(s)	2148
Location	32 km (20 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Blacktown
State electorate(s)	Prospect Seven Hills
Federal Division(s)	Greenway McMahon
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.1 °C 74 °F 12.2 °C 54 °F 870.6 mm 34.3 in
Suburbs around Prospect: Seven Hills Toongabbie Girraween Eastern Creek Prospect Pemulwuy Horsley Park Wetherill Park Smithfield

Prospect is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prospect is located 32 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

The suburb of Prospect takes its name from the prominent nearby landmark of Prospect Hill - from the top of which people could get a prospect of (see a great distance) the surrounding countryside. Initially a settlement for emancipated convicts, it later became a village.

Since colonisation, settlers cleared larger areas of land to raise , build churches, inns, schools, shops and a large reservoir. The quarrying of blue metal was abundant in the area. Naturalist Charles Darwin visited Prospect in January 1836, to observe the geology.

Prior to the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Prospect was inhabited by different groups of the Darug people including the Warmuli. The Aboriginals there were of the woods culture. As European settlement expanded, the aboriginal people's ability to pursue their traditional lifestyle, which was already severely limited, disappeared. Prospect Hill had been the frontier, which was the first, and perhaps only, area where large scale organised resistance by aboriginal people took place.