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Penrith, NSW
Penrith is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located in Greater Western Sydney, 55 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Nepean River, on the outskirts of the Cumberland Plain. Its elevation is 32 metres (105 ft). Penrith is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Penrith. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales acknowledges Penrith as one of only four cities within the Greater Sydney metropolitan area. History Indigenous settlement Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the Penrith area was home to the Mulgoa tribe of the Darug people. They lived in makeshift huts called ''gunyahs'', hunted native animals such as kangaroos, fished in the Nepean River, and gathered local fruits and vegetables such as yams. They lived under an elaborate system of law which had its origins in the Dreamtime. Most of the Mulgoa were killed by smallpox or ''galgala'' shortly after the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Penrith
Penrith is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales since 1973. It has been represented by Stuart Ayres of the Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), Liberal Party since the 2010 Penrith state by-election, 2010 by-election. It was a safe seat for most of its history before 2010, but Ayres won the 2010 by-election with a swing of 25.7 percent—at the time, the biggest swing against a sitting government in New South Wales history. Penrith includes the suburbs of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith, Emu Heights, New South Wales, Emu Heights, Emu Plains, New South Wales, Emu Plains, Glenbrook, New South Wales, Glenbrook, Jamisontown, Lapstone, New South Wales, Lapstone, Lemongrove, New South Wales, Lemongrove, Leonay, New South Wales, Leonay, South Penrith, New South Wales, South Penrith and parts of Blaxland, New South Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
