Pheasants Nest, New South Wales

Scrub near Pheasents Nest

Pheasants Nest is a small village in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. It has a north bound and south bound roadhouse on the Hume Highway. At the 2006 census, Pheasants Nest had a population of 656 people.^[1]

Pheasants Nest was named after the Lyrebird, local to the Bargo area, which was mistakenly called a pheasant by early explorers.

Organisations

Pheasants Nest Rural Fire Brigade

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.

Notes and references

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Pheasants Nest (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 November 2009.

Coordinates: 34°15′21″S 150°38′08″E / 34.25597°S 150.63560°E / -34.25597; 150.63560

Suburbs and localities within Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur, South-western Sydney, Sydney

Appin Bargo Belimbla Park Bingara Gorge Burragorang Brownlow Hill Buxton Camden Park Cawdor Couridjah Douglas Park Glenmore Lakesland Maldon Menangle Mount Hunter Mowbray Park Nattai Nangarin Oakdale Orangeville Picton Pheasants Nest Razorback Silverdale Tahmoor Theresa Park The Oaks Thirlmere Warragamba Werombi Wilton Yanderra Yerranderie

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