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Campbelltown is a suburb and major centre in the metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney south-west of the Sydney central business district. Campbelltown is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. It is also acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales as one of only four cities within the Sydney metropolitan area. Campbelltown gets its name from Elizabeth Campbell,〔http://www.panoramio.com/photo/63103410〕 the wife of former Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie. Originally called Campbell-Town, the name was later simplified to the current Campbelltown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Campbelltown )〕 ==History== The area that later became Campbelltown was inhabited prior to European settlement by the Tharawal people. Not long after the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney in 1788, a small herd of six cattle escaped and weren't seen again by the British settlers for seven years. They were spotted, however, by the Tharawal people. In a rock art site called Bull Cave near Campbelltown, they drew a number of cattle with pronounced horns. The Tharawal described the cattle to British explorers and in 1795 the British found a herd of around 60 cattle grazing in the area now known as Camden.〔Liston, C: ''Campbelltown: The Bicentennial History'', Allen & Unwin, 1988: p.1-4. ISBN 0-04-324015-1〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History of the Macarthur Region )〕 The colonial administration was keen for the herd to establish itself so forbade killing of the cattle or settlement in the area. But John Macarthur, who wanted to establish sheep in the colony, took a liking to the prime grazing land. He convinced the British government to overrule the local administration and grant him just south of the Nepean River in 1805. Four years later a number of other grants were made to farmers between Camden and Liverpool.〔Liston, C: ''Campbelltown: The Bicentennial History'', Allen & Unwin, 1988: pp. 5–8. ISBN 0-04-324015-1.〕 The Tharawal initially worked with the local farmers but a drought in 1814 led to large numbers of neighbouring Gandangara people moving into the area in search of food. Tensions developed between the British and the Gandangara leading to skirmishes and a number of deaths on each side. Governor Macquarie felt a permanent settlement would lead to order in the area and so Campbell-Town was born in 1820.〔Liston, C: ''Campbelltown: The Bicentennial History'', Allen & Unwin, 1988: pp. 10–23. ISBN 0-04-324015-1.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Campbelltown, New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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