Location: Varroville

The state suburb of Sydney, Varroville is located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Varroville is located 46 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region. Varroville forms part of the scenic hills on the north-west side of the M5 South Western Motorway between Campbelltown and the Camden Valley Way. Of all Sydney suburbs, Varroville has the highest proportion of residents with PhDs. The suburb is surrounded by Leppington, Denham Court, Catherine Field, Ingleburn, Kearns, Raby and St Andrews suburbs.

Varroville was known as Varroville farm. An area of 1,000 acres (4 km2) of land was granted by Governor Lachlan Macquarie to Dr Robert Townson, a scientist and scholar in 1809. Townson developed the farm and grew a vineyard and raised cattle. Townson died in 1827 and ownership passed onto Thomas Wills the brother of Sarah Redfern wife of William Redfern. In 1837 the farm was sold to Charles Sturt a famous explorer who moved in from Mittagong. James Raymond took over in 1839. Alfred Cheeke, a Supreme Court judge was a later owner. By 1900 Varro Ville was a leading dairy farm in the Campbelltown area. The farmhouse fell into disrepair, but has been restored by the new owners and the National Trust. The Central Hills Scenic Protection Lands were created in April 1972 to preserve the land use in the area. Campbelltown Council has refused small block subdivisions. The name Varroville was officially adopted in 1972 for the area between Raby and Denham Court. The area was previously part of Minto.

Hume Motorway M31 connects Varroville with Campbelltown and other cities. Route 874 operates from Raby to Minto connecting Varroville with Eschol Park, Eagle Vale, and St Andrews.   

People

Source ABS Census 2011, VARROVILLE

Households

Source ABS Census 2011, VARROVILLE