Gilead, New South Wales

Gilead
Sydney, New South Wales
Gilead; Sydney, New South Wales
Population	882 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	2560
Elevation	159 m (522 ft)
Location	58 km (36 mi) south-west of Sydney ; 54 km (34 mi) north-east of Mittagong ;
LGA(s)	City of Campbelltown
State electorate(s)	Campbelltown
Federal division(s)	Macarthur
	Suburbs around Gilead:

Gilead (/ɡɪliəd/) is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Gilead is located 58 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region.

History

Gilead was a land named in the Bible and famed for its fields of wheat. It obviously seemed like an ideal name for a wheat farm when Reuban Uther was granted 400 acres (1.6 km²) in 1812 but Uther only persisted with his dream for six years before selling the estate.

The purchaser was Thomas Rose who renamed it Mount Gilead. Rose lived and farmed the estate from 1818 until his death in 1837.^[2] The estate was inherited by his son Henry Rose, until the foreclosure by the mortgagees in 1862.^[3]

In 1941, the land was bought by the Macarthur-Onslow family, owners of nearby Camden Park Estate, who still own it today. While there has been talk of suburban development, Gilead remains farmland just beyond the edge of suburbia.^[4]

Heritage listings

Gilead has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

767 Appin Road: Beulah, Gilead^[5]
Menangle Road: Sugarloaf Farm^[6]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Gilead (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
^ "Family Notices". The Colonist. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 9 March 1837. p. 7. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 20 October 1862. p. 1. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^ "History of Gilead". Campbelltown City Council. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
^ "Beulah". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00368. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Sugarloaf Farm". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01389. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.