Sutton Forest has a significant place in early Australian history, being one of the first settlements (1820s) in the new lands discovered outside the outer limits of the colony of Sydney. There are interesting buildings to see, and reminders of early history in the cemeteries, look for the graves of the bushranger and troopers at All Saints, and of other early settlers at St. Patrick's c.1880 - although the graveyard is earlier.