Collection: Local Infdesk

Collection of photographs and documents relating to Ernest William Orth, Town Clerk at Penrith Municipal Council from 1906-1942. See also Biography File: Orth.

The concrete cottage at Emu Plains was designed and built by E. G. Stone in 1909. It was built as a residence for the chief clerk. It was the first house built of reinforced concrete in Australia.

Valuations of properties are recorded in valuation and rate books by Blue Mountains Shire Council. These records are for C Riding which includes Emu Plains, Emu Heights, Leonay, Lapstone and Glenbrook

This report was complied as a result of a development application to make modifications to Emu Hall to make adaptive use of Emu Hall as a restaurant, the construction of a function centre, commercial kitchen and associated works. The key objective of this photographic archival recording is to cr...

The history of the settlement that would become the City of Penrith up to 1860. It is a history from Aboriginal times when the Dharug people lived in the area, settlement by the British settlers and the development of the colony of New South Wales.

Cricket score books for the Penrith A Grade matches from 1956 to 1967

A history of St Marys and the Anglican church and parish of St Mary Magdalene. Includes a short history of neighbouring Anglican churches. Supplement written in 1940

Papers donated and copied from the files of David Trist in May 2012