Cattai, New South Wales
Cattai is an historic suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 44 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 30 kilometres north-west of Parramatta. It is in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and City of Hawkesbury. Cattai's state electoral district is Hawkesbury, and its federal electoral divisions are Berowra and Macquarie.
| Cattai Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 2756 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 63 km (39 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Hawkesbury | ||||||||||||||
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Cattai is bounded in the north-west by the Hawkesbury River and is traversed by Cattai Creek. It encompasses the heritage-listed Cattai Estate, located within Cattai National Park at the junction of the Creek and the River. The Georgian house was built between 1804 and 1821 by former Magistrate Thomas Arndell, with further additions being made in the 1860s. Cattai is also home to a historic rural public primary school that was founded in 1886. The suburb was originally home to the Darug Indigenous Australians before being settled in the early nineteenth century.