Collection: Local Book

Hazardous materials used in past construction may have included asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's), lead and synthetic mineral fibre (SMF). An inspection of 207-209 Queen Street, St Marys (Penrith City Council) was carried out on 24 August 2011 to assess the extent of asbestos containing...

Census tables from 2001 Census for Penrith LGA

A record of the lives and deaths of some of the people who were transported to Australia at the beginning of settlement in NSW for crimes large and small. Many were Irish political prisoners some soldiers of the King's Army, others settlers..

Architectural heritage guide to the history of buildings in the Penrith area, illustrated by the work undertaken by the Nepean District Historical Archaeology Group.

Biography of Ben Chifley, local federal member for the Penrith district in the 1940s

Presents the findings from two waves of a benchmark study which measured awareness and attitudes prior to the education campaign of The Trust's Phosphorus Action Plan.

The aim of the current project was to document summr temperatures axross the Local Government Area (LGA) of Penrith City where record-breaking heat has been measured frequently during the past years. These measurements come from a single weather stationthat is located outside the urban centres an...