Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith.
Penrith is a commercial centre, designated a major centre under the NSW Metropolitan Plan. It lies east of the Nepean River, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, part of the Great Dividing Range. ...
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Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith.
Penrith is a commercial centre, designated a major centre under the NSW Metropolitan Plan. It lies east of the Nepean River, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, part of the Great Dividing Range. Penrith is colloquially known as 'The Riff'.
Penrith was named after the town of Penrith, Cumbria, England. How it got the name is unclear. One theory is that in the early days, development in Penrith was entirely on one road, like the English Penrith, and someone familiar with both spotted the similarity and suggested the name. The earliest known written reference to the name Penrith dates back to 1819.
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...
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