Fifty-five society members enjoyed an excellent day visiting three historical properties in the Cobbitty area, on Sydney’s semi-rural western fringe, onSunday 12 October 2025. Once known as the Cowpastures on the colonial frontier of British settlement, the area was probably best known for ‘CamdenPark’, the large sheep property of Johnand Elizabeth Macarthur. The Dharawal people lived in this area for millennia.

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