Pheasants Nest, New South Wales
| Pheasants Nest New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°15′21″S 150°38′08″E / 34.25597°S 150.63560°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 716 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2574 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 292 m (958 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Wollondilly Shire | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Macarthur | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wollondilly | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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Pheasants Nest is a small village in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, near Bargo in Wollondilly Shire.
History[edit]
The area was inhabited by the Dharawal and Gundungurra peoples for tens of thousands of years.[2]
White settlers first recorded sightings of the koala, lyrebird, and wombat in the area, with ex-convict John Wilson describing the lyrebird as a pheasant, and this is the mostly likely origin of the name.[3][4]
Description[edit]
Pheasants 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, Pheasants Nest had a population of 716 people.[5]
The Pheasants Nest Rural Fire Brigade consists of a two-bay tin station. Housed in the station is the brigade's Cat 1 Tanker, code name Pheasants Nest 1 and the brigade's Cat 9 vehicle, code name Pheasants Nest 9.[citation needed]
In popular culture[edit]
Journalist Louise Milligan's debut novel, a crime fiction thriller published in March 2024, is named after the town. It refers in particular to a notorious suicide spot, Pheasants Nest bridge, which crosses the Nepean River on the Hume Highway.[6]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pheasants Nest (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Acknowledgement of Country & Our Aboriginal History". Wollondilly Shire Council. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Bargo, Pheasants Nest & Yanderra". Visit Wollondilly. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Gordon, Viki (14 November 2017). Archaeological Report: Historic Heritage Assessment and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment: 180 Mockingbird Road Pheasants Nest in Wollondilly Shire (PDF) (Report) (Rev 2 (Final) ed.). p. 18.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pheasants Nest". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Heath, Nicola; Nichols, Claire (2 May 2024). "ABC investigative journalist Louise Milligan switches from news to fiction, with her debut novel, Pheasants Nest". ABC News. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
