Collection: Local Book

Sidney Woodward-Smith immigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1920 and from about 1928 his landscape paintings appeared in many important Sydney exhibitions. His work drew many of the leading art critics. The author is Dr William (Bill) Cammack, 30 Mulgoa Road Penrith (later 12 Vista Street Penrith)....

In the 1990's there was a need to create a new City Council administrative centre and a main library as well as linking these two areas with the Performing Arts Centre and the Plaza shopping centre. Of the twenty-two engineering firms who submitted a proposal, the structural design by Birzulis A...

WEST wants to celebrate the cultural diversity, food and individuality found within Western Sydney and Regional NSW. This volume has a chapter on North Penrith, with a focus on Thornton, the International Regatta Centre and bars and restaurants in the Penrith City area.

This study was prompted by the need for the NSW Heritage Office to respond strategically to community concerns that World War II aerodromes and associated sites, coastal fortifications, tank traps and bombing ranges, located in various areas in the state

This booklet is a select list of novels on specific themes that are suitable for primary and high school students held by Penrith City Library in November 1992.

This book is an illustrated tribute to the men who fought in WW1 and their families, inscribed on the honour boards in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Dulwich Hill. It is a worthy contribution to social history of Sydney, particularly the Inner West. One of the soldiers was Doctor Isaac Manly Barro...