Collection: Local Book

This is the story of the Arms of Australia Inn which is currently the Arms of Australia Inn Museum. This heritage building is one of the few wayside inns remaining in Australia. In 1814-15 Government Stockyards and Soldiers' Barracks were erected at Emu Plains (approximately at Hunter and River R...

Compilation of information on the restoration of the Arms of Australia Inn at Emu Plains for the Nepean District Historical Society for Penrith City Council

Compiled from an assignment prepared by Lorna Parr as part of her Dip. of Local & Applied History at Armidale University by Barbara Higginson for the sesqui-centenary of the issuing of the first known licence for the Arms of Australia Inn on 8 June 1841

The Hawkesbury Nepean River system is desperately in need of a sustainable long term method of controlling excessive growth of acquatic weeds that does not rely solely on the use of herbicides.

The Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Penrith Visual and Performing Arts and the Campbelltown Arts Centre have teamed up as C3West to demonstrate that contemporary artists can play a role in social innovation beyond the confines of the art world.

The art in the classroom education kit was designed as a visual arts resource tool using artworks from the Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery collection and focus artists from ongoing exhibition programs.

This family history begins with William Worboys from Huntingdonshire. His descendants included farm workers, bootmakers and lay preachers. The book features a biography of each member of the family. They lived mostly in Windsor, Penrith and Kempsey, NSW