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{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb
| name     = Narellan
| city     = Sydney
| state    = nsw
| lga      = [[Camden Council (New South Wales)|Camden Council]]
| postcode = 2567
|image     = St thomas anglican church narellan.jpg
| caption  = St Thomas' Anglican Church
| pop      = 3,644 (2001)
| region   = [[Macarthur, New South Wales|Macarthur Region]]
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Camden|Camden]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Macarthur|Macarthur]]
| near-nw  = [[Kirkham, New South Wales|Kirkham]]
| near-n   = [[Harrington Park, New South Wales|Harrington Park]]
| near-ne  = [[Currans Hill, New South Wales|Currans Hill]]
| near-w   = [[Elderslie, New South Wales|Elderslie]]
| near-e   = [[Narellan Vale, New South Wales|Narellan Vale]]
| near-sw  = [[Spring Farm, New South Wales|Spring Farm]]
| near-s   = [[Spring Farm, New South Wales|Spring Farm]]
| near-se  = [[Narellan Vale, New South Wales|Narellan Vale]]
| dist1    = 60
| location1= Sydney CBD
}}
'''Narellan''' is a [[suburb]] of the [[Macarthur, New South Wales|Macarthur Region]] of [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]] in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] in [[Camden Council (New South Wales)|Camden Council]].

==History==
The area now known as Narellan was probably originally home to the [[Tharawal people]], based in the [[Illawarra]] region, although the [[Western Sydney]]-based [[Darug people]] and the [[Southern Highlands, New South Wales|Southern Highlands]]-based [[Gandangara people]] were also known to have inhabited the greater Camden area. Very early relations with British settlers were cordial but as farmers started clearing and fencing the land affecting food resources in the area, clashes between the groups arose until 1816 when a number of indigenous people were massacred and the remainder retreated from direct conflict with the settlers.

In 1805 wool pioneer [[John Macarthur (wool pioneer)|John Macarthur]] was granted 5,000 acres (20&nbsp;km²) at Cowpastures (now Camden). After the land was cleared, it was used for farming for most of the next 200 years until Sydney's suburban sprawl reached the town of Camden and modern suburbs like Narellan were subdivided into housing blocks.<ref name="history">{{cite web | url = http://www.camden.nsw.gov.au/page/history.html |title= The History of Camden | publisher = Camden Historical Society | accessdate = 14 June 2007}}</ref>

Narellan Post Office opened on 1 August 1856.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History  | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | accessdate = 11 April 2008 | postscript = <!--None--> }}</ref>

== Sport and recreation ==
Narellan was home to the [[Oran Park Raceway]] motor racing circuit,which is being redeveloped into a new residential suburb.

== Churches ==
* [[St Thomas' Anglican Church, Narellan|St Thomas' Anglican Church]]

==People==

===Demographics===
In the 2001 [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] [[Census]], the suburb of Narellan had a population of 3,644 people. Like its neighbouring suburbs, Narellan is predominantly Australian born (83%) families with young children (53%) living in detached houses (90%). The number of people aged 65 and over (8%) is substantially less than the national average (13%).<ref name="abs">{{Census 2001 AUS|id=SSC12651|name=Narellan (State Suburb)|accessdate=30 June 2007|quick=on}}</ref>

===Notable residents===
* [[Jimmy Sharman]], boxing promoter
* [[James Tyson]], wealthy pastoralist

== Governance ==
Narellan lies in the central ward of [[Camden Council (New South Wales)|Camden Council]], currently represented by Fred Anderson, Rob Elliott and Debby Dewbery. It sits within the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly|state electorate]] of [[Electoral district of Camden|Camden]], represented by [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]'s [[Geoff Corrigan]], the former Mayor of Camden, and the [[Australian House of Representatives|federal electorate]] of [[Division of Macarthur|Macarthur]], represented by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]'s [[Pat Farmer]], the former ultra-marathon runner.

==See also==
* [[Jacks Gully landfill]]

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