Spring Farm, New South Wales

Spring Farm Sydney, New South Wales
Springs Lake in Spring Farm
Spring Farm
Coordinates	34°4′19″S 150°43′5″E / 34.07194°S 150.71806°E / -34.07194; 150.71806Coordinates: 34°4′19″S 150°43′5″E / 34.07194°S 150.71806°E / -34.07194; 150.71806
Population	1,189 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	2570
Location	60 km (37 mi) from Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Camden Council
Region	Macarthur
State electorate(s)	Camden
Federal Division(s)	Hume
Suburbs around Spring Farm: Elderslie Narellan Narellan Vale Camden Spring Farm Mount Annan Camden South Camden Park Menangle Park

Spring Farm is a suburb of the Macarthur Region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. It is on the east side of the Nepean River. Until recently, it was mainly farmland with a winery, an electricity substation and the Spring Farm Advanced Resource Recovery Facility, but it is currently in the process of suburban redevelopment.

The area now known as Spring Farm was probably originally home to the Tharawal 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. 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 the farmland was subdivided into housing blocks.

Spring Farm is off the Camden Bypass. There are a number of bus services controlled by Busabout Sydney that run through the suburb. The nearest railway station is Macarthur.