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Gilead
SydneyNew South Wales
Population 417 (2016 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:
Glen Alpine Figtree Hill St Helens Park
Menangle Park Gilead Wedderburn
Menangle Appin Wedderburn

Gilead (/ɡɪliəd/) is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Location

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. The estate was inherited by his son Henry Rose, until the foreclosure by the mortgagees in 1862.

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.

Heritage listings

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

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