1843 | Penrith District Council formed | |
1871 | 13th May Penrith Proclaimed a Municipality, James John Riley was elected the first Mayor | |
1881 | First Council Chambers erected on the corner of Henry & Evan Streets, architect David McBeath | ![]() |
1890 4th March | St Marys proclaimed a Municipality | |
1890 30th April | Foundation stone laid for Electric light Station. | |
1890 5th May | Electricity generating plant came into use | |
1893 26th July | Mulgoa proclaimed a Municipality, Arthur Winborn Stephen was elected the first Mayor | |
1893 26th July | Castlereagh proclaimed a Municipality, A L Hough was elected Mayor | |
1926 | Old Council Chambers: photo shows Clyde Mitchell leaning on back of truck, to the right are Bert Field (deputy town clerk) and Ern Orth (town clerk). Joe Elliot (health inspector) on the white horse. Penrith Council had a truck similar to this one which was owned by Main Roads Board until about 1940. Jim Buckley (Heather Corr’s grandfather) drove the truck | ![]() |
1931 19th February | Penrith Council ceased to generate its own electricity – an end of over 40 years of power generation in Penrith | |
1948 6th May | Opening of Penrith Council’s free Library in the School of the Arts, Margaret Kinsella was librarian. | ![]() |
1952 | Additional council Office buildings, this building was relocated to land next to Penrith Council Chambers. The building was originally used to house aboriginal children from Darwin in WW2, out near St Thomas’ Church at Mulgoa. The right hand side of the building was used for general offices, and left hand side was the Town Clerk’s office. Another secondhand building was erected at rear of this building a little later. Used by engineers dept. At the rear of these buildings were some open type sheds used for mechanical repairs of trucks, graders etc. | ![]() |
1959 10th November | Last Meeting held in the Council Chambers located at Evan and Henry Streets Penrith. | ![]() |
1959 24th November | First Meeting held in the then new Council Chambers located at Station and Henry Streets Penrith. | ![]() |
1959 14th November | Penrith proclaimed a City. | |
1963 25th October | Emu Plains transferred from Blue Mountains City Council to Penrith City Council. | |
1964 6th March | The ‘New’ Penrith City Council Library opened on the corner of Henry and Evan Streets, by the Hon E Wetherell, Minister for education. | ![]() |
1981 | Penrith Council Administration Centre in Henry Street opposite the TAFE opened to provide temporary additional accommodation until the Civic Centre was built, this building closed in December 1993. | ![]() |
1984 | The old RAAF Barracks site was purchased by the council for $1.725 million to build a new Civic Centre incorporating the Chambers administrative centre and library, pictured is the site before construction starts. | ![]() |
1991 November | Construction of the new Civic Centre started. | ![]() |
1993 7th December | Civic Centre opened for business, except for the library which opened on the 8th January 1994.More information on the Civic Centre | ![]() |
1993 December | Chambers located on the first floor of the Civic Centre were used for the first time. | ![]() |
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