Wedderburn, New South Wales

Wedderburn is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wedderburn is located 57 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.

Wedderburn is the only Campbelltown suburb on the right bank of the Georges River. A steep gorge and heavy bush gives Wedderburn the atmosphere of a small country town rather than the suburban norm. The causeway on Wedderburn Road, which provides the main link to Campbelltown, is known to flood during heavy rain, increasing Wedderburn's isolation.^[2]

A small airport,

History

Wedderburn was originally home to the

• ornithologist
  who published a six-volume book on the birds of Australia.
• Kevin O'Keefe OAM and Julie O'Keefe, entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
• Dr Ross Field
• Dr Lakshman Prasad, prominent medical practitioner in Campbelltown and philanthropist
• Kath Robinson, senior lecturer at The University of Sydney
• David Fairbairn (artist) (1949– ), artist and winner of the Dobell Drawing prize 1999 and the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize in 2002.^[4]

Artists from the

• Sulman Prize
  in 2000.
• Elisabeth Cummings (1934–), prominent artist.

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