Collection: Local Book

Many depend on the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment for survival, so all have a part in healing the river together. This booklet is Step One in helping to restore and protect a small piece of the catchment and to make property more attractive and valuable.

Used to establish rationale and controls for environmentally appropriate rural development, to ensure that rural sheds do not detract significantly from the rural and environmental qualities of the locality.

The Gully Aboriginal people, the Aboriginal people of knowledge about the gully Aboriginal Places are the owners of their stories and quotes and excerpts about and by them in this book may only be reproduced with their permission

Story of Josiah Workman who arrived in NSW in 1838 and his family. His marriage with Elizabeth Odgen on 15 October 1839 was the first marriage in St Stephens Anglican Church register.

This book celebrates 150 years of Catholicism in Penrith. It records the successes and failures of the parish of Penrith and thanks the Sisters of St Joseph, who taught children in Penrith for over 100 years.