Editing Cattai National Park (section)

==Location and features==
[[File:Cattai national park picnic area.jpg|thumb|left|Cattai National Park picnic area]]
[[File:Cattai national park arndells cottage.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thomas Arndell]]'s cottage]]
The national park is situated on the [[Hawkesbury River]] and consists of three areas, Cattai Park at the junction of Cattai Creek and the Hawkesbury River, Hope Farm which adjoins Cattai Park to the north, and Mitchell Park approximately {{cvt|2.5|km}} upstream along Cattai Creek.<ref name=pom/>

Part of the national park was an original [[First Fleet]] [[land grant|grant]] and the park contains important historic and archaeological resources, including a homestead built in the 1820s, ruins of a
stone windmill which is thought to be the oldest industrial building in Australia, convict-built dry stone walls, and a range of other features which reflect changes in the place since the early nineteenth century. The national park also contains a number of [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] sites which are of importance to our understanding of the Cattai area prior to European settlement.<ref name=pom>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/pomFinalCattai.pdf|type=PDF|title=Cattai National Park: Plan of management|work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]]|publisher= [[Government of New South Wales]] |date= November 1997 |isbn=0-7310-0887-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0079?Opendocument&ParkKey=N0079&Type=xo |title= Cattai National Park |access-date= 23 July 2006 |date= 25 April 2006 |work= [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]] |publisher= [[Government of New South Wales]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080721033932/http://www2.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/parkContent/N0079?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0079&Type=Xo# |archive-date= 21 July 2008 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

The Cattai Homestead, which was constructed around 1820, and its curtilage is listed by the [[National Trust of Australia|National Trust]] and the [[Australian Heritage Commission]]. The Hope Farm Mill on Hope Farm, which is also listed on the [[Register of the National Estate]], was probably constructed around 1806 and is believed to be the oldest industrial site in Australia.<ref name=pom/>