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Beulah and Sydney’s Urban Sprawl

Beulah estate, Sydney's urban sprawl and the Appin Road

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Governor Macquarie’s visit to the Cowpasture 1810

In November 1810, Governor Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824) and Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie visited the Cowpastures. On that occasion, the Governor and Elizabeth Macarthur met the Dharawal people.

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Cowpastures Bicentennial Celebrations 1995, the beginning of a settler society

Local festival In 1995, the Camden community held a 12-month programme of events to celebrate the bicentennial of the naming of the Cow Pastures by Governor Hunter in 1795 and the discovery of 61 head of wild cattle. The discovery of the cattle herd was an important event in the life of the fledgling colony… Continue reading Cowpastures Bicentennial Celebrations 1995, the beginning of a settler society