Collection: Local Book

This report is an addendum to the original 2014 Statement of Heritage Impact and has been prepared to address additional works and design changes. The proposed work would have some impact on heritage items: Emu Hall, Victoria Bridge, Rowing Course, former Polce station residence and site.

Penrith Multicultural Interagencies response to Harmony Day 2013 was to develop a Sharing Our Cultures booklet of cultural symbols important to particular cultural backgrounds.

This family history was researched by James Sheens, Millie Ridding, and Maria Quigley. The Beedall and Sheens family came from Louth and Keddington in Lincolnshire. They arrived in Sydney on the Beejapore in February 1853.

Report contributes to a better understanding of the dynamic processes of change that are reshaping Western Sydney. The report was prepared for WSROC to inform the preparation for a regional vision and planning framework for Western Sydney

The diary of third lieutenant Nicholas Pateshall on the convict ship Calcutta.

This book explores the life of Gregory Blaxland from his birth in Kent, and his decision to come to New South Wales with his brother John, his purchase of Brush Farm, his explorations and his work as an agriculturist and viticulturist.