w visitpenrith.com.au [email protected] ST MARY THORNTON VICTORIA BRIDGE EMU PLAINS 1300 736 836 736 1300 PENRITH MAGDALENE CHURCH Thornton Hall was built in 1870 Victoria Bridge is a main link PUBLIC SCHOOL : St Mary Magdalene Anglican by Thomas Smith, an alderman across the Nepean River between The original Emu Plains Public Tourism Penrith contact Drive Heritage Penrith the of copy a For HERITAGE Church and Cemetery were on Penrith’s first municipal Penrith and Emu Plains on the School was officially opened in Penrith Street, High 601 consecrated in 1840 by Australia’s council and the first publican of Great Western Highway. The August 1877 by NSW Premier Library City Penrith first Anglican bishop, William the Red Cow Hotel. It was home original bridge, opened in Sir Henry Parkes. Attached to visit: sites heritage these on information more For DRIVE Grant Broughton. The cemetery to two of Mr Smith’s sons, former 10 January 1856, was destroyed 16 this attractive stone school is the 22 4 Council. City Penrith in vests contains memorials to the Penrith mayor Thomas Richard by floods in 1857. Its successor former schoolmaster’s residence. ©2016 Copyright of “Penrith Heritage Drive” Drive” Heritage “Penrith of Copyright ©2016 Penrith is a City with a rich and colourful history pioneers of the district including Captain Phillip Gidley King, Smith and Sydney Smith, a member of Sir Henry Parkes’ ministry. was washed away in May 1860. In 1869, with John Whitton as The old school now serves as a community centre and is home to Copyright which you can see for yourself, learn about the third Governor of NSW, other members of the King family THORNTON HALL Engineer-in-Chief of the NSW Railways, the Victoria Bridge was the Nepean Family History Society. [email protected] at and members of the Lethbridge family. The town of St Marys, 11 Mountainview Cresent, Penrith completed with the northern lane carrying rail traffic and the Team Tourism Penrith the to directed be can these and and experience as you travel along the Penrith EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL southern lane used for road traffic. Because horses became brochure the about feedback and comments any welcome We originally known as South Creek, is named after this church w thorntonhall.homestead.com Great Western Highway, Emu Plains Heritage Drive in the comfort of your own car. which took its name from the parish church of the King family in nervous when trains were approaching the bridge, electric bells (entry from Lawson Street) brochure. this within contained information the of accuracy the Every effort has been made to ensure ensure to made been has effort Every Dunheved, Cornwall. CASTLEREAGH were installed on the bridge to warn of the approach of trains Disclaimer: Important The Penrith Heritage Drive is approximately ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH from Penrith and Emu Plains stations. This iron box girder bridge GENERAL CEMETERY PENRITH REGIONAL them. enter not do and premises these of Magdalene Street, St Marys has been used exclusively as a road bridge since 1907 when the 50kms long and takes you to some of the oldest GALLERY & THE needs the respect Please visitors. accommodate to able not are Marked out in the original adjacent railway bridge was completed. buildings, structures and locations across planning of Castlereagh, it LEWERS BEQUEST and schools or businesses operating are properties other note VICTORIA BRIDGE BRONTE HOUSE dates back to 1814. One of the Penrith Regional Gallery & The Please details. contact and times opening about information St Marys, Penrith, Castlereagh, Emu Plains Great Western Highway, Penrith Bronte House (1889) was earliest graves belongs to the Lewers Bequest was formerly the included have we public the to open are properties Where and Mulgoa. constructed for the renowned infant daughter of Henry Cox of 11 home of sculptor Gerald Lewers PENRITH WEIR DRIVE HERITAGE PENRITH wagon builder James W Bennett, Glenmore. The oldest headstone and his wife Margo, an abstract 23 There are 27 sites to visit, some such as the close to the Bennett Coach and is that of Mary Ann Smith dated 1814. The Rev Henry Fulton and Penrith Weir was constructed in painter. The existing circa 1901 Victoria Bridge are well known but others such Wagon Works formerly located in his wife Anne are also commemorated here. Many pioneers of 1909 to provide Penrith with a farmhouse, its property and art collection were bequeathed to permanent water supply and with as Mamre House are little hidden historical gems! Queen Street. This grand house 5 Penrith district are buried in this cemetary. Penrith City in 1978. was designed to overlook both CASTLEREAGH GENERAL CEMETERY a few alterations, remains intact All the sites help to shine a light on the people, PENRITH REGIONAL GALLERY & THE LEWERS BEQUEST Penrith and the mountains and originally stood on grounds of Church Street, Castlereagh today. The Pumping Station on 86 River Road, Emu Plains three acres. Apart from being a residential property, Bronte (near the East Wilchard Road intersection) the south side of Victoria Bridge places and events that have shaped Penrith into 17 02 4735 1100 House has also operated as a guesthouse and a café. drew water from the permanent the City it is today. pond provided by Penrith Weir. The existing weir replaced a [email protected] BRONTE HOUSE OLD CASTLEREAGH w penrithregionalgallery.org The Penrith Heritage Drive is not only a great Corner King Street and Gidley Street, St Marys COUNCIL CHAMBERS sandbag weir that was built and washed away by floods in 1902. In 1940 the weir was dry for the first and only time. Open: 9am to 5pm seven days a week. Closed Good Friday, way to learn about the history of Penrith, it’s a The Chambers were completed in Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. Free entry. BENNETT WAGON & 1934. In 1895, 110 citizens of PENRITH WEIR fantastic way for visitors to see the City. As you Bruce Neale Drive, Penrith SOUTH CREEK PARK Castlereagh petitioned the GLENMORE travel between sites you will be taken through The Bennett wagon ‘Maxina’ Government for the incorporation EMU PLAINS Henry Cox and a team of convicts the Penrith CBD, several urban and rural areas (1920) is located in South Creek of the municipality of Castlereagh 12 built the first stages of Glenmore, Park, placed there by St Marys due largely to controversy over RAILWAY STATION and alongside the majestic Nepean River with the now Glenmore Country Club, Rotary as a monument to St payments for the electrification of the Penrith Township. The Built in 1883, the Emu Plains and its stables in circa 1825. In its spectacular Blue Mountains in the backdrop. Marys’ industrial past. The wagon 6 municipality functioned from 1895 until it amalgamated with Railway Station is a substantial heyday Glenmore was a hive of building business was started in the Municipal Council of Penrith in 1949. In Smith Park opposite three storey building constructed agricultural, pastoral and social 24 If you like what you see as you drive along and the 1850s in St Marys by James W Bennett, and carried on in the Old Council Chambers is a plaque commemorating the of brick and sandstone. Emu activities. The property then want to stay or return another time, you can find Queen Street by his sons George and James. Bennett wagons establishment of the nearby Township of Castlereagh as one of Plains Station was known as the 18 operated as a private school for young women before becoming were famous throughout Australia for their strength and quality. the five Macquarie towns, and also a World War I honour roll. gateway to the Blue Mountains a golf course and guesthouse in 1927. information on Penrith’s attractions, activities, and played a central role in the expansion of the area. This BENNETT WAGON & SOUTH CREEK PARK CASTLEREAGH HALL GLENMORE HERITAGE VALLEY accommodation and events at visitpenrith.com.au. Corner Great Western Highway Castlereagh Road, Castlereagh building replaced a smaller station that was completed in 1868, 690 Mulgoa Road, Mulgoa & Charles Hackett Drive, St Marys located west of Old Bathurst Road. 02 4733 3288 EMU PLAINS RAILWAY STATION [email protected] Railway Row, Emu Plains w glenmoregolf.com.au Open: Sunrise to 7pm daylight savings time, sunrise to sunset non-daylight savings time. EXPLORERS’ ST STEPHEN THE MURU MITTIGAR THE ARMS OF ST THOMAS CHURCH, MEMORIAL CAIRN MARTYR CHURCH Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural AUSTRALIA INN MULGOA The Explorers’ Memorial Cairn St Stephen the Martyr Anglican and Educational Centre, located The Arms of Australia Inn was an St Thomas Anglican Church was was unveiled in 1938. The Church and Cemetery were in the grounds of Penrith Lakes, important stopping place on the consecrated in 1838 by Bishop memorial commemorates the consecrated by Bishop Broughton showcases local and national Great Western Road for those Broughton. The picturesque starting point for the expedition in 1839. The church tower Aboriginal heritage. It features a crossing the Blue Mountains. The sandstone church, unlike others undertaken by Blaxland, Lawson 1 provided a welcome landmark 7 retail gallery, cultural museum and 13 building was licensed in 1841 as 19 in the area, was constructed by 25 and Wentworth to cross the Blue for travellers crossing the Blue native plant nursery. the Australian Arms Inn by John free labourers rather than convicts. Mountains. The cairn is located adjacent to the Mountains. The Church has played a key role in the spiritual and MURU MITTIGAR Mortimer. The Inn now houses a museum run by the Nepean Edward Cox donated the five acres of elevated land on which the former site of Gregory Blaxland’s farm, ‘Leeholme’.