Campbelltown was founded in
1820, named after Elizabeth Macquarie née Campbell, wife of the then
Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie. The town was one of a
series of south-western settlements being established by Macquarie
at that time. Others include Ingleburn and Liverpool.
Campbelltown Council was originally incorporated
in 1882. The present boundaries of the City of Campbelltown were
largely formed in 1949, following the amalgamation of the
Municipalities of Ingleburn (incorporated in April 1896) and
Campbelltown, as part of a rationalisation of local government areas
across New South Wales following World War II.
Campbelltown was designated in the early 1960s in
the Sydney Region Outline Plan, prepared by the Planning Commission
of New South Wales as a satellite city, and a regional capital for
the south west of Sydney. There was extensive building and
population growth in the intervening time and the government
surrounded the township with areas which were set aside for public
and private housing and industry.
Campbelltown was declared a City by the Hon. P.H.
Morton MLA, Minister for Local Government and Highways, on May 4,
1968. That same day saw the arrival of the first electric train to
Campbelltown from Sydney.
As a City, Campbelltown honoured the 1st Signals
Regiment (now the 1st Joins Support Unit) with the medieval custom
of the Freedom of the City. The Mayor, Alderman Clive Tregear,
wanted to recognise the contribution to the units based at the
Ingleburn Army Barracks. The Regiment marched through Campbelltown
until it got transferred to Queensland in the late 1980s.
Campbelltown was presented with its own coat of
arms in 1969. The Arms were based those on the Arms of the Campbell
Family in Scotland.
Campbelltown today acts as a significant regional
centre for southwestern Sydney with a rail line, major hospital,
university and several shopping centres. Content via
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