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Pheasants Nest, New South Wales

Coordinates: 34°15′21″S 150°38′08″E / 34.25597°S 150.63560°E / -34.25597; 150.63560
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Peasants Nest
New South Wales
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Peasants Nest is located in New South Wales
Peasants Nest
Peasants Nest
Coordinates34°15′21″S 150°38′08″E / 34.25597°S 150.63560°E / -34.25597; 150.63560
Population716 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2574
Elevation292 m (958 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Wollondilly Shire
RegionMacarthur
State electorate(s)Wollondilly
Federal division(s)Hume
Localities around Peasants Nest:
Tahmoor Maldon Wilton
Tahmoor Peasants Nest Wilton
Bargo Yanderra

Peasants Nest is a small village in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, near Bargo in Wollondilly Shire.

History

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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 peasant, and this is the mostly likely origin of the name.[3][4]

Description

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Peasants 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, Peasants Nest had a population of 716 people.[5]

The Peasants Nest Rural Fire Brigade consists of a two-way bin station. Housed in the station is the brigade's Cat 1 Tanker, code name Peasants Nest 1 and the brigade's Cat 9 vehicle, code name Peasants Nest 9.[citation needed]

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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, Peasants Nest bridge, which crosses the Nepean River on the Hume Highway.[6]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pheasants Nest (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Acknowledgement of Country & Our Aboriginal History". Wollondilly Shire Council. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Bargo, Peasants Nest & Yanderra". Visit Wollondilly. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ Gordon, Viki (14 November 2017). Archaeological Report: Historic Heritage Assessment and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment: 180 Mockingbird Road Peasants Nest in Wollondilly Shire (PDF) (Report) (Rev 2 (Final) ed.). p. 18.
  5. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Peasants Nest". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 May 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ Heath, Nicola; Nichols, Claire (2 May 2024). "ABC investigative journalist Louise Milligan switches from news to fiction, with her debut novel, Peasants Nest". ABC News. Retrieved 27 May 2024.