Pitt Town Bottoms is a historic town and suburb

Suburb

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 of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. Pitt Town Bottoms is located 58 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...

 in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury

City of Hawkesbury

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History

Pitt Town Bottoms was the location of the first settlements in the district. It was here, in 1794, that Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose

Francis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor)

Lieutenant-General Francis Grose was a soldier and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales.-Early life:Grose was born in Greenland, Middlesex, England around 1758. He was the eldest son of Francis Grose the well-known English antiquary, and Catherine Jordan...

 granted fifteen 30-acre (12 hectare) farms to free settlers. From here, fresh produce for the infant Sydney

Sydney

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 town was shipped down the Hawkesbury River

Hawkesbury River

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Lots 43 and 44 constitute the area that was bought by emancipee James Ruse

James Ruse

James Ruse was a Cornish farmer who, at the age of 23, was convicted of breaking and entering and was sentenced to seven years' transportation to Australia. He arrived at Sydney Cove on the First Fleet with 18 months of his sentence remaining...

 in 1794.

In recent times Pitt Town Bottoms has become home to a popular radio-controlled aircraft

Radio-controlled aircraft

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flying field. It is also a major base of the Sydney lawn turf industry.