# Cattai > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cattai > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cattai.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattai > Source revision: 1342107741 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Suburb in Sydney, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Cattai | city = [Sydney](/source/Sydney) | state = nsw | image = Cattai national park arndells cottage.jpg | caption = Arndell's cottage | alternative_location_map = Australia NSW metro Sydney | pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan [Sydney](/source/Sydney) | coordinates = {{coord|33|33|22|S|150|54|43|E|display=title}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 12 | pop = 1,077 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL10858|name=Cattai|accessdate=8 August 2024 |quick=on}} | pop2 = 790 | pop2_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop2_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC10859|name=Cattai|accessdate= 19 October 2018 |quick=on}}50px Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2017 }}. | est = | postcode = 2756 | elevation = 27 | area = | dist1 = 63 | dir1 = north-west | location1 = Sydney CBD | lga = [The Hills Shire](/source/The_Hills_Shire) | lga2 = [City of Hawkesbury](/source/City_of_Hawkesbury) | stategov = [Hawkesbury](/source/Electoral_district_of_Hawkesbury) | fedgov = [Macquarie](/source/Division_of_Macquarie) | fedgov2 = [Berowra](/source/Division_of_Berowra) | near-n = [South Maroota](/source/South_Maroota%2C_New_South_Wales) | near-ne = [Canoelands](/source/Canoelands%2C_New_South_Wales) | near-e = [Glenorie](/source/Glenorie%2C_New_South_Wales) | near-se = [Maraylya](/source/Maraylya%2C_New_South_Wales) | near-s = [Maraylya](/source/Maraylya%2C_New_South_Wales) | near-sw = [Pitt Town](/source/Pitt_Town%2C_New_South_Wales) | near-w = [Wilberforce](/source/Wilberforce%2C_New_South_Wales) | near-nw = [Ebenezer](/source/Ebenezer%2C_New_South_Wales) }} '''Cattai''' is an historic [suburb](/source/suburb) of [Sydney](/source/Sydney), in the state of [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), [Australia](/source/Australia). It is located 44 kilometres north-west of the [Sydney central business district](/source/Sydney_central_business_district) and 30 kilometres north-west of [Parramatta](/source/Parramatta). It is in the [local government area](/source/Local_government_in_Australia)s of [The Hills Shire](/source/The_Hills_Shire) and [City of Hawkesbury](/source/City_of_Hawkesbury).Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007 Cattai's [state electoral district](/source/Electoral_districts_of_New_South_Wales) is [Hawkesbury](/source/Electoral_district_of_Hawkesbury), and its [federal electoral divisions](/source/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives) are [Berowra](/source/Division_of_Berowra) and [Macquarie](/source/Division_of_Macquarie).{{Cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/berowra.htm|title=Profile of the Electoral Division of Berowra (NSW)|last=Australian Electoral Commission|website=Australian Electoral Commission|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309214220/http://aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/berowra.htm|archive-date=9 March 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2019-02-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/macquarie.htm|title=Profile of the Electoral Division of Macquarie (NSW)|last=Australian Electoral Commission|website=Australian Electoral Commission|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912092039/https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/macquarie.htm|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2019-02-11}} Cattai is bounded in the north-west by the [Hawkesbury River](/source/Hawkesbury_River) and is traversed by Cattai Creek. It encompasses the [heritage-listed](/source/New_South_Wales_State_Heritage_Register) [Cattai Estate](/source/Cattai_Estate), located within [Cattai National Park](/source/Cattai_National_Park) at the junction of the Creek and the [River](/source/Hawkesbury_River).{{cite NSW SHR|5014094|Cattai Estate|hr=00982|fn=S90/05713;S91/02261; S90/06440|accessdate=2 June 2018}}The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p. 2/12 The [Georgian house](/source/Georgian_architecture) was built between 1804 and 1821 by former [Magistrate](/source/Magistrate) [Thomas Arndell](/source/Thomas_Arndell), with further additions being made in the 1860s. Cattai is also home to a historic rural [public primary school](/source/Primary_school) that was founded in 1886.{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/15240118|title=Cattai Public School: A Centenary History|last=Fletcher|first=Jim|date=1985|isbn=9780731602667|language=en}} The suburb was originally home to the [Darug](/source/Darug) [Indigenous Australians](/source/Indigenous_Australians) before being settled in the early nineteenth century.{{Cite web|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5014094|title=Cattai Estate|last=NSW Environment & Heritage|website=environment.nsw.gov.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711185227/http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5014094|archive-date=11 July 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2019-04-11}}{{Cite book|title=The other Sydney : communities, identities and inequalities in Western Sydney|date=2000|publisher=Common Ground Publishing|others=Collins, Jock, 1949-, Poynting, Scott.|isbn=1863350179|location=Altona, Vic.|pages=158|oclc=50155548}} ==History== ===Indigenous Peoples=== {{Main|Darug}} The locality of Cattai was the home of the [Darug people](/source/Darug_people) who occupied a large expanse of [Greater Western Sydney](/source/Greater_Western_Sydney). The Darug people are thought to have occupied the locality of Cattai for more than 20,000 years.{{Cite news|url=http://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/cattai-nsw|title=Cattai, NSW - Aussie Towns|work=Aussie Towns|access-date=2018-10-28|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407013318/http://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/cattai-nsw|archive-date=7 April 2019|url-status=live}} The name Cattai was originally thought to have derived from an [Aboriginal](/source/Aboriginal_Australians) word with an unknown meaning. However, it was more likely named by the [First Fleet](/source/First_Fleet) Assistant Surgeon and Magistrate [Thomas Arndell](/source/Thomas_Arndell) who built a homestead called 'Caddie'. The homestead is now called [Cattai Estate](/source/Cattai_Estate) and resides in [Cattai National Park](/source/Cattai_National_Park).{{cite web|url=https://www.hawkesbury.org/name/cattai|title=Baulkham Hills City Council Origin of Suburb Names|last1=McHardy|first1=Cathy|website=Hawkesbury.org|publisher=300 Purple Toasters|access-date=6 December 2016}} The suburb of Cattai has henceforth been considered a misnomer of 'Caddie'. ===Settlement=== {{Main|European settlement of Australia}} European settlers moved into the area in 1794 to sustain the food shortages of [Sydney](/source/Sydney). Following protests by the Dharug people over the loss of their traditional hunting and fishing lands, soldiers were sent to the area in 1795. Cattai Post Office opened on 26 November 1906 and closed in 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country=|title=Post Office List|last=Premier Postal History|access-date=1 June 2012}} Cattai Public School was established in 1886.{{cite web|url=http://www.cattai-p.schools.nsw.edu.au|title=About Us|last1=Cattai Public School|website=Cattai Public School|access-date=6 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220092421/http://www.cattai-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=live}} [Arndell Anglican College](/source/Arndell_Anglican_College) was an independent secondary college that was established in Cattai in 1990, until it moved to its current site of [Oakville](/source/Oakville%2C_New_South_Wales) in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.arndell.nsw.edu.au/content/history-and-culture|title=History and Culture|last1=Arndell Anglican College|website=arndell.nsw.edu.au|access-date=6 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103000855/http://www.arndell.nsw.edu.au/content/history-and-culture|archive-date=3 November 2016|url-status=live}} ==Heritage listings== Cattai has a number of [heritage-listed](/source/List_of_heritage_registers) sites, the most notable being [Cattai Estate](/source/Cattai_Estate) on Wisemans Ferry Road.{{cite NSW SHR|5014094|Cattai Estate|hr=00982|fn=S90/05713;S91/02261; S90/06440|accessdate=18 May 2018}} ==Demographics== ===Population=== At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, there were 1,077 people in Cattai. The median age was 40. ===Culture and language=== The majority of people from Cattai were born in Australia (85.0%). The most common responses for [religion](/source/religion) was [No Religion](/source/Irreligion) (31.0%), followed closely by [Catholic](/source/Catholicity) (28.7%) and [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) (21.2%). The majority of people spoke only [English](/source/English_language) at home (89.8%). The second most spoken language was [Punjabi](/source/Punjabi_language) (0.9%) followed by [Maltese](/source/Maltese_language) and [Croatian](/source/Croatian_language) (both 0.7%). ===Wealth=== Cattai is an affluent suburb in the growing north-west of Sydney. The median weekly household income is A$2,878, which is 164.8% greater than the national average. In 2018, Cattai had a median house sale price of A$1.9 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.propertyvalue.com.au/suburb/cattai-2756-nsw|title=Market Trends for Cattai NSW|date=March 2018|website=Property Value|access-date=28 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028153308/https://www.propertyvalue.com.au/suburb/cattai-2756-nsw|archive-date=28 October 2018|url-status=live}} 47.3% of the households have an income greater than A$3,000 per week. ==Landmarks== ===Parks and sights=== thumb|right|Arndell's cottage thumb|right|View from Cattai wharf *Thomas Arndell's Cottage * [Cattai National Park](/source/Cattai_National_Park) *Mitchell Park ===Education facilities=== *[Cattai Public School](/source/Cattai_Public_School) is an historic rural school founded in 1886. Campus facilities: ** 4 classrooms with interactive whiteboards ** Computers, including a specialised computer room with access to the internet and classes that allow for more individualised tuition ** School Library ** 1 Administration Building ** An upgraded playground with rubber-based Soft Fall and mini goal posts for student use **Sports oval, with complementary large grass areas * [Arndell Anglican College](/source/Arndell_Anglican_College) was originally established in 1990 at ''Threlkeld Drive, Cattai.'' It has since been relocated to [Oakville, New South Wales](/source/Oakville%2C_New_South_Wales). The school is of [Anglican](/source/Anglican) denomination. ===Other=== *Riverside Oaks Golf Resorthttp://www.riversideoaks.com.au *[Hawkesbury River](/source/Hawkesbury_River) *Cattai Joinery ==See also== *[Hawkesbury River](/source/Hawkesbury_River) *[Cattai National Park](/source/Cattai_National_Park) *[Climate of Sydney](/source/Climate_of_Sydney) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Sydney The Hills Shire suburbs}} {{Hawkesbury suburbs}} Category:Suburbs of Sydney Category:City of Hawkesbury Category:Hawkesbury River Category:The Hills Shire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cattai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattai) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattai?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.