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Robinson, Steve

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Robinson, Steve

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Steve Robinson is a local historian

Bickley Vale as Author

Camden West as Author

Ellis Lane as Author

Grasmere as Author

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Bickley Vale

Tharawal and Gundungurra country, the area that became Bickley Vale was granted to John Macarthur in 1823, and subdivided into small farms in the 1880s. Much of it remains forest, with few houses.

Camden West

Home to the Tharawal and Gundungurra people, Camden West was part of the area named Cowpastures after escaped cattle were found there in 1795. Granted to John Macarthur in 1823, the land was subdivided into small farms in the 1880s, and dairying became the main industry until the late twentieth century, when new suburbs were made out of Camden West, although much rural land and forest remains.

Ellis Lane

A new suburb in the Camden area, named for an early landowner, Ellis Lane is no longer farmland, but retains large allotments and a rural air.

Grasmere

Originally home to the Tharawal and Gundungurra people, Grasmere is a rural haven of small landholdings where once were large estates.