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Cattai, New South Wales
Historic suburb of Sydney, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cattai is an historic suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 44 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 30 kilometres north-west of Parramatta. It is in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and City of Hawkesbury.[3] Cattai's state electoral district is Hawkesbury, and its federal electoral divisions are Berowra and Macquarie.[4][5]
Cattai Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Postcode(s) | 2756 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 63 km (39 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
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State electorate(s) | Hawkesbury | ||||||||||||||
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Cattai is bounded in the north-west by the Hawkesbury River and is traversed by Cattai Creek. It encompasses the heritage-listed Cattai Estate, located within Cattai National Park at the junction of the Creek and the River.[6][7] The Georgian house was built between 1804 and 1821 by former Magistrate Thomas Arndell, with further additions being made in the 1860s. Cattai is also home to a historic rural public primary school that was founded in 1886.[8] The suburb was originally home to the Darug Indigenous Australians before being settled in the early nineteenth century.[9][10]