Collection: Local Book

Students of Penrith TAFE were engaged by Penrith Council and Penrith Valley Economic Development & Employment Committee to investigate whether there was a need for or a capacity to attract a backpacker hostel in the City.

This exhibition was conceived in order to draw critical attention to domestic architectural practices in Sydney in the 1950s and 1960s

There is a need for clear guidelines on how to ensure that on-site sewerage systems throughout the catchment operate in an environmentally sustainable manner. This document forms part of the policy development process to achieve this aim.

Penrith City Council is positioned to make significant changes to the waste management and resource recovery services it provides to the community. Council determined to establish a strategy to be the guiding framework for introducing change.

Family history of the John and Frances (Cross) Donohoe family who lived in Penrith. Other family names include: Cross, McCooey, Healy, McMahon, Moyle, Willbrandt, Chapman and Gilligan.

The family history of William and Ann Dorahy from Dromore County Tyrone Ireland. They arrived in Sydney in 1837 on the Adam Lodge and settled in the Greendale area

Range of documents support the draft DCP 2010 for Panthers Penrith site, which lies within the area considered in the Penrith Riverside Precinct Plan.

Penrith Council is proposing to amend Chapter C5 Waste Management of the Penrith Development Control Plan (DCP) 2014 to broaden the objectives relating to waste management and introduce a number of new controls for medium and high density residential developments.