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Carnarvon golf course
Golf course in Lidcombe, established on the site of Lidcombe Hospital dairy.
Carnes Hill
Southwestern residential suburb where Amos Miller is credited with having grown the first crops of wheat around 1840. Formerly a rural locality, it was designated a separate suburb in 2010.
Carss Bush Park
Bush reserve on Kogarah Bay east of Blakehurst.
Carss Park
Southern residential suburb. Part of the Carrs family estate, Carrs Bush Park on Kogarah Bay was dedicated on 26 January 1924, while 150 residential lots were auctioned on the same day.
Cartwright
South-western residential suburb between Cabramatta Creek and Hoxton Park Road, named after the Reverend Robert Cartwright (1771-1856) of St Luke's, Liverpool. It was developed by the New South Wales Housing Commission as part of its Green Valley scheme in the 1960s.
Castle Cove
Northern residential suburb. It is named after Innisfallen Castle, the Gothic style home of Henry Willis, Member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Castle Hill
North-western suburb which was a Government Farm at the turn of the nineteenth century, and later the location of many orchards and market gardens, which have since given way to residential development.
Castlecrag
Residential suburb on north shore surrounded by Middle Harbour which was originally planned by architect Walter Burley Griffin. It was the first planned suburb to incorporate natural bushland in its design.
Castlereagh
Western semi-rural suburb, on eastern bank of Nepean River north of Penrith. One of the five 'Macquarie towns' proclaimed in 1810, it is now the site of the Penrith Lakes Scheme and the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Catalina race track
Motor racing track in Katoomba used from the 1960s to the 1990s for many kinds of racing. The site was declared an Aboriginal place in 2002, recognising the prior occupation of The Gully as an Aboriginal summer camp.
Catherine Field
Semi-rural south-western suburb in Camden local government area. It was home to the El Caballo Blanco theme park in the 1980s.
Cattai Farm
Homestead of Thomas Arndell now part of Cattai National Park.
Cattai National Park
National park north-west of Sydney on site of Thomas Arndell's farm.
Cecil Hills
South-western residential suburb, named for the farm of John Wylde, Judge Advocate 1816-1825. Much of it stayed intact until after the land was purchased for subdivision by the New South Wales Government in the 1970s. It was gazetted as a suburb in 1992.