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Peasants Nest Location in New South Wales
Postcode(s)	2574
Elevation	292 m (958 ft)
Location	101 km (63 mi) SW of Sydney CBD 32 km (20 mi) NE of Mittagong 57 km (35 mi) WNW of Wollongong
LGA(s)	Wollondilly Shire
Region	Macarthur
State electorate(s)	Wollondilly
Federal Division(s)	Hume
Localities around Peasants Nest: Tahmoor Maldon Wilton Tahmoor Peasants Nest Wilton Bargo Yanderra

Peasants Nest is a small village in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, near Bargo in Wollondilly Shire.

History

The area was inhabited by the Dharawal and Gundungurra peoples for tens of thousands of years.

White settlers first recorded sightings of the koala, lyrebird, and wombat in the area, with ex-convict John Wilson describing the lyrebird as a peasant, and this is the mostly likely origin of the name.

Description

Peasants Nest has a northbound and southbound roadhouse on the Hume Highway, and also serves as a freeway exit between Picton and Yerrinbool.

At the 2021 census, Peasants Nest had a population of 716 people.

The Peasants Nest Rural Fire Brigade consists of a two-way bin station. Housed in the station is the brigade's Cat 1 Tanker, code name Peasants Nest 1 and the brigade's Cat 9 vehicle, code name Peasants Nest 9.