* Location
South Penrith is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. South Penrith is located 55 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
South Penrith is bounded by Jamison Road to the north, York Road to the west, the M4 Motorway to the south and the Northern Road to the east. Penrith is a separate suburb to the north.
* History
Simeon Lord received the first land grant in the area, 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) in 1816. In the latter part of the 19th century, it became known as York’s Estate after then landowners Charles and James York. In 1888, 100 acres (0.40 km2) of the estate were purchased by the Penrith and Nepean Jockey Club for a racecourse. The rest of the area was orchards, dairy farms and vineyards. In the 1970s the area began to be subdivided although the former racecourse wasn’t turned into housing becoming instead Jamison Park. The park is named after the Penrith region’s most famous early settler, Sir John Jamison (1776–1844), of Regentville House (located in the Suburb of Mulgoa).
* South Penrith Timeline by Penrith City Council
Places of Interest