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Penrith Regional Gallery
Penrith may refer to: Australia *Penrith, New South Wales, a satellite city of Sydney, Australia **Penrith Stadium, home ground of the Penrith Panthers **Penrith Bears, ice-hockey team **City of Penrith, local government area **Electoral district of Penrith, for the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales **Penrith railway station, Sydney United Kingdom *Penrith, Cumbria, a market town in North West England **Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency), a UK constituency since 1950 **Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency), from 1918 to 1950 **Penrith (UK Parliament constituency), from 1885 to 1918 **Penrith railway station **Penrith Building Society, a financial institution in Cumbria, England **Penrith A.F.C., a football club in Penrith, Cumbria *Penrydd, a former parish in Wales, also spelled ''Penrith'' Elsewhere *Penrith, Washington Penrith is an unincorporated community in Pend Oreille County, in the U.S. state of Washington Washington commonly refers t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith, New South Wales
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 in Australia, local government area of the City of Penrith. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales acknowledges Penrith as one of only four List of cities in Australia, 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 kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith Stadium
Penrith Stadium (known commercially as BlueBet Stadium) is a rugby league and association football stadium located in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. The 22,500 capacity venue is the home ground for the Penrith Panthers who play in the National Rugby League (NRL). The all-time attendance record for the venue is 22,582 in a match between the Panthers and their Western Sydney rivals Parramatta on 17 July 2010. The stadium is set to be demolished after the 2023 season with a new stadium built on the neighbouring site currently occupied by the Penrith Paceway. History Panthers Stadium has been used by the Penrith Panthers since their entry into the National Rugby League competition in 1967. Initially, the Stadium only had one main grandstand, the Western grandstand while the ground itself was oval in shape. In the 1980s, the stadium was redeveloped into a rectangle arena more suitable for rugby league and other sports such as association football (soccer) and rugby union. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith Bears
The Sydney Bears (formally ''Macquarie Bears'') is an Australian semi-professional ice hockey team from Sydney, New South Wales. Established in 1982, the Bears are the only remaining founding member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) still operating. The Bears are based at Macquarie Ice Rink, within the Macquarie Centre, in the northern suburbs of Sydney. The Sydney Bears have claimed three Goodall Cups in 2002, 2003 and 2019. History Prior to AIHL The Sydney Bears was founded on 1 July 1982 as the Macquarie Bears Ice Hockey Club Incorporated. The team was formed concurrently to the non-incorporated local ice hockey club sharing the same name. The Bears were based out of the Macquarie Ice Rink. The club competed in the NSW Super League (NSWSL) and then the East Coast Super League (ECSL). In 1989 the Bears claimed the NSWSL championship with star defenceman Glen Foll claiming top points scorer for the season. In 1997 the club decided to change its name to the Sydney Bears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Penrith
The City of Penrith is a local government area in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The seat of the city is located in Penrith, located about west of Sydney's central business district. It occupies part of the traditional lands of the Darug people. First incorporated as a municipality on 12 May 1871, on 1 January 1949, the municipalities of Penrith, St Marys and Castlereagh and part of the Nepean Shire amalgamated to form a new Municipality of Penrith. Penrith was declared a City on 21 October 1959, and expanded westwards to include Emu Plains and Emu Heights, formerly part of the City of Blue Mountains, on 25 October 1963. As at the the City of Penrith had an estimated population of 196,066. The Mayor of the City of Penrith is Cr. Karen McKeown, a member of the Labor Party. Suburbs and localities in the local government area The following suburbs and localities are located within the City of Penrith: Council history The Municipality of Penrith was incorporated ... [...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] |
Penrith Railway Station, Sydney
Penrith railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith in the City of Penrith local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by New South Wales Government Railways and the 1863 building was built by M. and A. Jamison and D. Forest. It is also known as Penrith Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The station is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line services and NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line, '' Central West XPT'' and ''Outback Xplorer'' services. History The single track line opened on 19 January 1863 as the terminus of the Main Western line when it was extended from St Marys. The line was extended to Springwood on 11 July 1867. The line was duplicated in 1886. As soon as the line was extended over the Blue Mountains, Penrith became an important railway centre where locomotives and crews were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith, Cumbria
Penrith (, , ) is a market town and civil parish in the county of Cumbria, England, about south of Carlisle. It is less than outside the Lake District, Lake District National Park, in between the Rivers River Petteril, Petteril and River Eamont, Eamont and just north of the River Lowther. It had a population of 15,181 at the 2011 Census. Historic counties of England, Historically in Cumberland, Penrith's current local authority, local authorities are the Eden, Cumbria, Eden District Council, which is based in the town, and Cumbria County Council. In 2023, Penrith will become part of the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area. From 1974 to 2015, it was an unparished area with no local council. A civil parish was reintroduced as Penrith Town Council and first elected on 7 May 2015. Toponymy The etymology of "Penrith" has been debated. Several writers argue for the Cumbric or Welsh language, Welsh "head, chief, end" (both noun and adjective) with the Cumbric , Wels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith And The Border (UK Parliament Constituency)
Penrith and The Border is a constituency in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Neil Hudson, a Conservative. History Penrith and The Border was first contested in 1950 since which it has to date been generally a safe Conservative seat and on rare occasions a marginal. The Conservatives came close to losing the seat in a 1983 by-election, when the former cabinet minister 'Willie' Whitelaw became the leader of the House of Lords: the by-election took place a mere seven weeks after his success in the 1983 general election. Since that year the Liberal Democrats have come second behind the Conservatives until the 2015 general election when they came fourth. At the two subsequent general elections they have come third. History of boundaries 1950–1983: The Urban District of Penrith, and the Rural Districts of Alston with Garrigill, Border, Penrith, and Wigton. 1983–1997: The District of Eden wards of Alston Moor, Appleby, Apple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith And Cockermouth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Penrith and Cockermouth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. It was alternatively known as Mid Cumberland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. History The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. Boundaries The Urban Districts of Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith, the Rural Districts of Alston with Garrigill, and Penrith, and part of the Rural District of Cockermouth. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1910s Lowther stood as a Unionist candidate, and received the Coalition Coupon Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith (UK Parliament Constituency)
Penrith was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Penrith in Cumberland, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. History The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equal ... for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s References * Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith Railway Station
Penrith may refer to: Australia *Penrith, New South Wales, a satellite city of Sydney, Australia **Penrith Stadium, home ground of the Penrith Panthers **Penrith Bears, ice-hockey team **City of Penrith, local government area **Electoral district of Penrith, for the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales **Penrith railway station, Sydney United Kingdom *Penrith, Cumbria, a market town in North West England **Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency), a UK constituency since 1950 **Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency), from 1918 to 1950 **Penrith (UK Parliament constituency), from 1885 to 1918 **Penrith railway station **Penrith Building Society, a financial institution in Cumbria, England ** Penrith A.F.C., a football club in Penrith, Cumbria *Penrydd Penrydd (variously spelled Penrhydd, Penrhudd, Penrith, Penreth or Penrieth) is a former parish in the Hundred of Kilgerran, north Pembrokeshire, Wales. The parish's history is closely linked with that of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith Building Society
Penrith Building Society is a UK building society based in Penrith, Cumbria. It is a member of the Building Societies Association The Building Societies Association (BSA) was originally established in 1869. It is the voice for all 43 UK building societies as well as six large credit union A credit union, a type of financial institution similar to a commercial bank, i .... References External linksPenrith Building SocietyBuilding Societies AssociationKPMG Building Societies Database 2008 {{UK Building Societies Building societies of England Banks established in 1877 Organizations established in 1877 Penrith, Cumbria Organisations based in Cumbria 1877 establishments in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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