Prospect, New South Wales

Prospect Sydney, New South Wales
The Prospect Reservoir at sunset
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Population	4,716 (2016 census)[1]
Established	1791[2]
Postcode(s)	2148
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Location	32 km (20 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Blacktown Cumberland City Council
State electorate(s)	Prospect
Federal division(s)	Greenway McMahon
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.1 °C 74 °F 12.2 °C 54 °F 870.6 mm 34.3 in
Suburbs around Prospect: Seven Hills Toongabbie Girraween Blacktown Prospect Pemulwuy Eastern Creek Wetherill Park Smithfield

Prospect is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prospect is located 32 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and a small part of Cumberland City Council, is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. One of the oldest suburbs in Sydney, Prospect takes its name from the prominent nearby landmark of Prospect Hill - from the top of which people could get a prospect of (see a great distance) the surrounding countryside.

Initially a settlement for emancipated convicts, it later became a village.^[3] Since colonisation, settlers cleared larger areas of land to raise livestock, build churches, inns, schools, shops and a large reservoir.^[4] Naturalist Charles Darwin visited Prospect in January 1836, to observe the geology.^[5]