Glenmore Park, New South Wales
Encyclopedia
Glenmore Park is a suburb
of Sydney
, in the state of New South Wales
, Australia
. Glenmore Park is located 59 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.
Glenmore Park is south of Jamisontown
and South Penrith
with its boundary being the M4 Motorway
. The suburbs of Regentville
and Mulgoa
are located to its west and south, while Orchard Hills
runs along its eastern boundary with the Northern Road as its dividing line. Glenmore Park is one of Penrith City's largest and most rapidly developing housing estates. Its development has been carefully planned to cater for the social, economic and recreational needs of its residents.
lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime
. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroo
s and emu
s for meat, and gathered yam
s, berries and other native plants.
(1776-1844), who arrived in Sydney in 1814. Sir John acquired further parcels of land adjoining his original property, thus establishing a magnificent agricultural estate which he called Regentville. In 1824, Sir John constructed a lavish mansion on the Regentville estate. Sadly, however, the mansion burned down in the 1860s due to arson.
Henry Cox, another prominent local landowner, (the son of William Cox
) also built a residence in the area. He called it Glenmore. Built in 1825, Cox's residence has since lent its name to the modern locality.
The area's land stayed largely rural until the 1970s, when the first residential sub-divisions commenced. Initially, the locality was known as "Peachtree" but Penrith Council later adopted the more historical-sounding Glenmore Park.
. The M4 provides quick connection to greater Sydney
and the Blue Mountains. Westbus provides two bus services in the area which connect Glenmore Park with Penrith
. The 797 travels via Mulgoa Road and Floribunda Avenue, before arriving at Glenmore Park Shops and then looping around Surveyors Creek Road and The Lakes Drive, while the 799 travels via Mulgoa Road and Alison Drive, before arriving at Glenmore Park Shops, followed by a short trip around Shearwater Drive and Ridgetop Drive to St Andrews Drive, before returning the same way. A 2008 report in the Sydney Morning Herald described the suburb as "designed without consideration of public transport". According to the 2006 census, only 193 people in the suburb (less than two percent) used the bus for part or all of their trip to work. The vast majority (more than 70%) travelled by car only.
Bethany and Caroline Chisholm are however not owned by the government.
was 19,208. The residents are primarily young families living in detached houses. The median age of people in the suburb was only 29, much younger than the national average of 37. Sixty three percent are couples with children compared to the national average of 45%. The majority of houses in the area are detached (95%) and most of them were being paid off (58%) rather than owned outright (16%) or rented (22%). The median income ($669 per week) was substantially higher than the national average ($466).
Glenmore Park is located in South Ward of Penrith City Council. Following council elections in 2008; Jim Aitken OAM (Ind), Robert Ardill (Lib), Mark Davies (Lib), Prue Guillaume (ALP) & Karen McKeown (ALP) were elected to represent South Ward.
State Government
Glenmore Park is located in the electorate of Mulgoa. The current member is Tanya Davies MP (ALP). She has been the member for Mulgoa since March 2011.
Federal Government
Glenmore Park is located in the electorate of Lindsay. The current member is David Bradbury MP (ALP). He was elected in 2007, following the retirement of Jackie Kelly, who held the seat between 1996 and 2007
logo. The Brumbies are arguably the most succesful Glenmore Park based sports club.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, in the state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Glenmore Park is located 59 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district
Sydney central business district
The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...
, in the local government area of the City of Penrith
City of Penrith
The City of Penrith is a Local Government Area in Sydney, located about west of Sydney's central business district.- History :The Municipality of Penrith was incorporated on 12 May 1871 under the Municipalities Act 1858. On 3 March 1890, St Marys was separately incorporated, and on 26 July 1893...
and is part of the Greater Western Sydney
Greater Western Sydney
Greater Western Sydney is a term used to describe the western region of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. The University of Western Sydney defines Greater Western Sydney as comprising 14 local government areas...
region.
Glenmore Park is south of Jamisontown
Jamisontown, New South Wales
Jamisontown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Jamisontown is located 56 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...
and South Penrith
South Penrith, New South Wales
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...
with its boundary being the M4 Motorway
Metroad 4
Metroad 4 is a Metroad in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It connects the inner-west of Sydney with the outer western suburbs. It mostly follows what was previously National Highway 32 from the Western Distributor in the CBD, west to the Great Western Highway at Lapstone...
. The suburbs of Regentville
Regentville, New South Wales
Regentville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Regentville is located 56 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...
and Mulgoa
Mulgoa, New South Wales
Mulgoa is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mulgoa is located 66 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....
are located to its west and south, while Orchard Hills
Orchard Hills, New South Wales
Orchard Hills is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Orchard Hills is located 56 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.-History:Orchard Hills takes its...
runs along its eastern boundary with the Northern Road as its dividing line. Glenmore Park is one of Penrith City's largest and most rapidly developing housing estates. Its development has been carefully planned to cater for the social, economic and recreational needs of its residents.
Aboriginal culture
Prior to European settlement, what is now Glenmore Park was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language. They lived a hunter-gathererHunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer or forage society is one in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals, in contrast to agricultural societies which rely mainly on domesticated species. Hunting and gathering was the ancestral subsistence mode of Homo, and all modern humans were...
lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime
Dreamtime
In the animist framework of Australian Aboriginal mythology, The Dreaming is a sacred era in which ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings formed The Creation.-The Dreaming of the Aboriginal times:...
. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroo
Kangaroo
A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae . In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus, Red Kangaroo, Antilopine Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Western Grey Kangaroo. Kangaroos are endemic to the country...
s and emu
Emu
The Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. It is the second-largest extant bird in the world by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. There are three subspecies of Emus in Australia...
s for meat, and gathered yam
Yam (vegetable)
Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea . These are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania...
s, berries and other native plants.
European settlement
Following the arrival of British settlers, the colonial government granted land in the area to one of New South Wales' leading private citizens, Sir John JamisonJohn Jamison
Sir John Jamison was an important Australian physician, pastoralist, banker, politician, constitutional reformer and public figure....
(1776-1844), who arrived in Sydney in 1814. Sir John acquired further parcels of land adjoining his original property, thus establishing a magnificent agricultural estate which he called Regentville. In 1824, Sir John constructed a lavish mansion on the Regentville estate. Sadly, however, the mansion burned down in the 1860s due to arson.
Henry Cox, another prominent local landowner, (the son of William Cox
William Cox (pioneer)
William Cox was an English soldier, known as an explorer, road builder and pioneer in the early period of British settlement in Australia.-Early life:...
) also built a residence in the area. He called it Glenmore. Built in 1825, Cox's residence has since lent its name to the modern locality.
The area's land stayed largely rural until the 1970s, when the first residential sub-divisions commenced. Initially, the locality was known as "Peachtree" but Penrith Council later adopted the more historical-sounding Glenmore Park.
Transport
Glenmore Parkway is the main road in the suburb. It connects with the Northern Road which in turn provides connection with both Penrith and the M4 Western MotorwayM4 Western Motorway
The M4 Western Motorway,, is a motorway in central Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. The M4 provides quick connection to greater Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
and the Blue Mountains. Westbus provides two bus services in the area which connect Glenmore Park with Penrith
Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith...
. The 797 travels via Mulgoa Road and Floribunda Avenue, before arriving at Glenmore Park Shops and then looping around Surveyors Creek Road and The Lakes Drive, while the 799 travels via Mulgoa Road and Alison Drive, before arriving at Glenmore Park Shops, followed by a short trip around Shearwater Drive and Ridgetop Drive to St Andrews Drive, before returning the same way. A 2008 report in the Sydney Morning Herald described the suburb as "designed without consideration of public transport". According to the 2006 census, only 193 people in the suburb (less than two percent) used the bus for part or all of their trip to work. The vast majority (more than 70%) travelled by car only.
Education
Glenmore Park has three primary schools and two high schools.- Primary Schools
- Glenmore Park Public School
- Surveyors Creek Public SchoolSurveyors Creek Public SchoolSurveyors Creek Public School is a Primary school for years Kinder to Year 6 located in western Sydney, Australia at Glenmore Park. The school was established in 2002. The school is named for Surveyors Creek, which flows through Glenmore Park on its way to the Nepean River.-External links:**...
- Bethany Catholic Primary School
- High Schools
- Glenmore Park High SchoolGlenmore Park High SchoolGlenmore Park High School is a public school in the large suburb of Penrith The school caters of all types, and levels of high school education. Along with fully equipped scientific laboratories, wood, metal and hospitality workshops. The school itself is run by Natalie Brookton, who has a...
- Caroline Chisholm Catholic Girls High School.
- Glenmore Park High School
Bethany and Caroline Chisholm are however not owned by the government.
Demographics
The recorded population of Glenmore Park in the 2006 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
was 19,208. The residents are primarily young families living in detached houses. The median age of people in the suburb was only 29, much younger than the national average of 37. Sixty three percent are couples with children compared to the national average of 45%. The majority of houses in the area are detached (95%) and most of them were being paid off (58%) rather than owned outright (16%) or rented (22%). The median income ($669 per week) was substantially higher than the national average ($466).
Governance
Local GovernmentGlenmore Park is located in South Ward of Penrith City Council. Following council elections in 2008; Jim Aitken OAM (Ind), Robert Ardill (Lib), Mark Davies (Lib), Prue Guillaume (ALP) & Karen McKeown (ALP) were elected to represent South Ward.
State Government
Glenmore Park is located in the electorate of Mulgoa. The current member is Tanya Davies MP (ALP). She has been the member for Mulgoa since March 2011.
Federal Government
Glenmore Park is located in the electorate of Lindsay. The current member is David Bradbury MP (ALP). He was elected in 2007, following the retirement of Jackie Kelly, who held the seat between 1996 and 2007
Rugby League
Glenmore Park's rugby league club is the Glenmore Park Brumbies Rugby League Football Club. They play home games at Ched Towns Reserve (Like all other Glenmore Park based sports clubs), and play in the colours white, maroon and gold. Their logo is based off of an old Brisbane BroncosBrisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
logo. The Brumbies are arguably the most succesful Glenmore Park based sports club.