Geography
The region is generally regarded as the area where the city of Sydney meets rural countryside of regional New South Wales. Campbelltown and Camden were once rural towns which have since been subjected to the heavy urban sprawl of metropolitan Sydney.
The Wollondilly Shire which makes up the largest Southern part of the region is a mostly rural region with small scale industry and commerce. Notably, the Wollondilly supplies much of Sydney Metropolitan and surrounding areas with water from Warragamba Dam, Cataract Dam in Appin, Cordeaux Dam in Wilton and Avon and Nepean Dams even though located in the Wingecarribee Shire is accessed via road through Wollondilly's Bargo.
The administrative towns of the Macarthur Region are:
- Campbelltown where the seat of chambers of the City of Campbelltown is based.
- Camden where the seat of chambers of the Camden Council is based.
- Picton where the seat of chambers of the Wollondilly Shire is based.
Camden Council announced in May 2012 that it will transfer its administrative headquarters to Oran Park.
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