Collection: Local Book

A guide for the professional and home gardener. The plants that dominate the landscape from Camden to Windsor and from Parramatta to Penrith.

Series of papers and notes from workshops held to investigate the implications of the gazettal of the Cumberland Plain Woodland as an endangered ecological community for local authorities and to explore conservation and management approaches.

Series of papers from a community forum held with the aim of responding to the community's need for information about the Cumberland Plain Woodlands (CPW) and its listing (as a Threatened Ecological Community in June 1997) along with providing an opportunity for various issues and concerns that p...

The Cumberland Mercury newspaper, based in Parramatta, serviced all surrounding districts including Penrith, Blacktown, Windsor and Richmond. This index includes information from Penrith regarding the Police Court, legal matters, accidents and funerals.

Addresses the needs of specifically targeted Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities within the Penrith and Hawkesbury local government areas (LGAs).

Main thrust of this thesis was to develop the concept of the former Agnes Bank landscape as a significant rural & cultural landscape and the inherent tension that exists between the requirements of the place, its cultural significance and preservation

Within the Council's Strategic Plan 2005-2009, a longer term goal was identified to develop Penrith as a cultural hub within Western Sydney. The development of a well-researched cultural planning framework was identified as necessary in order to provide a blueprint for this goal. This document is...