Collection: Local Book

This document looks at fifty year history of the Hawkesbury River County Council formed in 1948. They have taken remendial measures to correct, or at least stabilise, the water quality and reduce the amount of aquatic plant growth in the river system.

Articles and photographs relating to the 50 years of Rozelle School of Visual Arts (RSVA) 57 Nelson Street Rozelle NSW Australia from 1971 to 2021. Erik Cuckson, businessman in St Marys, organised Viennese Expressive Ballet teacher, Gertrud Bodenwieser, now living in Sydney, to set up a ballet sc...

Commemorative booklet for the 50th anniversary of the opening of Cambridge Park Public School which commenced in February 1958. Although the site for the school was selected in 1951, the school did not commence until sufficient population warranted it.

Substantial traffic growth on Erskine Park Road is predicted due to residential and commercial developments in the South West Growth Centre, the Broader Western Sydney Employment Area and the airport at Badgerys Creek. Penrith City Council proposes to upgrade four intersections on Erskine Park Ro...

Australian poet, A D (Alec Derwent) Hope was a grandson of Mary Ann Hope of ""Roseneath"", Castlereagh Street, Penrith. The family were the well known Hope family of St Marys. His father was a Presbyterian Minister

An historical timeline of events for the Penrith region and more especially within the Federal electorate of Lindsay

Penrith Municipal Council submitted an entry for 1949; Penrith City Council has submitted 22 entries. The 1974 draft copy was not submitted. Penrith Council won the Award in 1966, 1979, and 1990

Report prepared before development of Emu Plains railway station, including an upgrade to the station and the introduction of new railway lines and stabling yard. This report assessed the archaeological, cultural and Aboriginal significance of the site