Alexander Riley (1778–1833) was a merchant and pastoralist who in 1809 was granted 3,000 acres (12 km2) on the corner of Bringelly and Cowpasture Roads.

In 1978, the City of Campbelltown Council decided to use "airplanes of the world" as its theme to name the new streets being created.

An old farm dam has been retained as Lake Burrendah Reserve, which is Aboriginal for "place of the swan".

Heathfield Public School stood in demountable classrooms to the west of the modern site of Raby shopping centre, off Hurricane Drive.

The original site of Heathfield Public School was subdivided for residential housing developments.