Talk:Penrith, New South Wales

Separate page for the Local Government Area
As per discussion at Talk:List of Sydney suburbs, I have created a separate page for the City of Penrith, the Local Government Area. -- Ianblair23 12:17, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Penrith High School Fan Club
I really don't feel there is anything so important or distinguished about Penrith High School that its merits need to be extolled in the Penrith City wikipedia article. The language used to describe it goes on and on as if it really is the most important institution in the region. It's just a high school! Authors who feel the need to express their adoration for the school should do it in a Penrith High article and make a link to the school on this article. That or date the principal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.49.243.70 (talk) 07:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Penrith Prostitutes

 * I removed the following statment (Penrith is served by many prostitutes) from the rail section. In the unlikely event

anybody feels the need for this sort of information to be included in the article Penrith has many brothels so street walking prostitutes at the station or anywhere within the city are uncommon. (Mikey01 21:59, 2 May 2007 (UTC))


 * i never saw that part of the page, what was listed? Ry90 04:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Discussion on Article page
I have just removed:


 * "*Note, Pentrith is not part of Sydney tbh.


 * ==*Note, Penrith is not part of Sydney tbh. ==
 * Yes, it's true folks."

This is not suitable for the article page, and I notice that it was all posted from the same IP address, User:220.233.121.117. Please discontinue these kind of edits on the article page, they are more suited to this, the discussion page. Thanks. Tinkstar1985 11:18, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Colloquialisms
I'm unhappy with the sentence which appears at the end of the first paragraph, "Penrith is colloquially known as 'Penno' or 'The Riff'." The Riff is indeed a colloquialism, but one which is used infrequently. However, being a resident of Penrith and a frequent traveller to inner-city suburbs of Sydney, I can say that I have never heard the term "Penno" used until I read this article.

There are however, a number of reasons why this sentence should be removed in its entirety. It's completely irrelevant to the article. It is not in keeping with articles related to other suburbs of Sydney. It does not appear to provide a NPOV as it is unsourced. My own personal effort to remove the sentence was undone with the reason, "it's a fact." According to who? A further effort by another user to remove the sentence was undone in the same way.

Strongly recommend removal of the sentence. Please discuss. 121.216.176.92 (talk) 15:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Colloqual names are included on many Sydney articles: Parramatta, New South Wales, Erskineville, New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Curl Curl, New South Wales, Peakhurst, New South Wales etc...


 * I'm not familiar with 'Penno' as a colloqualism for Penrith but "The Riff" is legendary. The former Federal member for Penrith, Jackie Kelly, even had a clothing line with "The Riff'" proudly emblazoned on the front. Just google Rff and Penrith and you'll find dozens of blogs and forums that use the term Riff for Penrith. Cheers. J Bar (talk) 22:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Fair enough. Thanks for following it up 121.216.90.114 (talk) 05:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


 * As far as "Penno" goes, I've heard it in reference to Pennant Hills, New South Wales but never Penrith. Crico (talk) 21:16, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Call to create separate Kingswood Park article
I received the following correspondence from Adam Begges - Penrith City Council that I'd like to share:

''Thank your for your email concerning the gazetting of Kingswood Park as a suburb. As you correctly point out, Kingswood Park is known as an Urban Place by the Geographical Names Board of NSW and is considered a Neighbourhood by Council and an extension of Kingswood itself. Below is an extract from Council’s webpage:''

Origin of the place name - Kingswood Park
"Kingswood Park is a neighbourhood of Kingswood. Its neighbourhood status was given in early 1976, as the area had developed considerably during the 1960s with the opening of several housing estates. The area is bounded by Coreen Avenue, Arakoon Avenue, Illawong Avenue, Andrews Road and Parker Street. The name Kingswood Park is an extension of the suburban place name, Kingswood, and was created to name expanding residential development in the area."

''To have the name gazetted by the Geographical Names Board, Council would be required to provide extensive evidence and justification as to why the name should be gazetted. Furthermore, Council would need to conduct a thorough consultation process with the community to gather broad community support before the Geographical Names Board would even consider the request.''

''As you may be aware an urban place is a place, site or precinct in an urban landscape, the name of which is in current use but not official. An urban place officially recognises the name itself. The position and extent for this feature is recorded and shown within the Geographical Names Register of New South Wales. Similar Urban places that are well known in Sydney include Darling Harbour and Kings Cross.''

Given that Kingswood Park is already recognised as an Urban Place and as such is recorded on maps and directories, I feel it is not necessary for Council to pursue gazetting of Kingswood Park as a suburb at this stage.

Should you require any further information please contact me.

Regards,

Adam Beggs

Acting Public Officer

Penrith City Council

We have separate articles for Darling Harbour and Kings Cross - remind me: why not Kingswood Park? AprilHare (talk) 04:19, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Penrith as end point of hike, Blaxland to Penrith (via Mitchell's Pass & Lennox Bridge)
For train tourists from Sydney, perhaps they can promote the (10km) bushwalk down from Blaxland via Mitchell's Pass to Penrith (although people would have option of joining train back to Sydney at Emu Plains). The significant attractions being view of Nepean River from the various lookouts, Lennox Bridge, Glenbrook, Knapsack Viaduct, hear Bell Miner bird-call, Wascoe Siding Miniature Railway( Blaxland) and John Whitton Memorial Place(Emu Plains)with rest points being McDonald's ,Blaxland, Emu Plains Shopping Centre & O'Donohue's Irish Pub etc. then facilities at Penrith. SignedJohnsonL623 (talk) 23:18, 2 February 2012 (UTC)