Penrith City Local History

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Business & Industry

This page is a portal to information on the history of the City’s business & Industry

Businesses

- Hotels – an overview by local historian Lorna Parr (History Conference 2002)
  - Australian Arms Hotel

- Nepean Times Newspaper: 1882-1962
  - Nepean Times: a brief look, a paper presented by Sue Sewter (History conference, 2004)

John Price & Son Funeral Home

Postal history

Patronage and opportunity: a snapshot of five postmistresses at Penrith and St Marys in the 19th century – by Margaret Fowler, Public History Internship Project, Macquarie University, 2018

St Marys Post Office History
- Family Trees for St Marys Postmasters and Shopkeepers

Industry

An Abbreviated Industrial History of the Penrith Region
St Marys Industrial Heritage Study

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