Community Profile

Bus Services

Cemeteries

• Cemetery Services in the Penrith Local Government Area. In the City of Penrith there are three cemeteries managed by Penrith City Council. They are Penrith, St Marys and Emu Plains.

Children's Services

Health Services

• Penrith Council conducts immunisation clinics for all childhood vaccinations including Diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping Cough, Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Meningitis. Adult vaccinations for Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Mumps and Rubella are also available.
• Medical Services for the Penrith City Local Government Area.

Neighbourhood Centres

Schools

Social Issues

Population

2001 Census of Population and Housing

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Copyright in ABS data resides with the Commonwealth of Australia. Used with permission.
For more preliminary data on Claremont Meadows (or any other areas in New South Wales) from the 2001 Census, please contact Penrith Library Research Services (02) 4732 7886, or call in to Penrith City Library Civic Centre 601 High Street Penrith, NSW 2750.

Recreation

Parks

• The area of open space available in Claremont Meadows is 13.14 hectares.
• Cricket Field, Sunflower Drive, Claremont Meadows.

Economic/ Land use profile

Companies & Businesses

• Metallurgical Testing & Consulting Engineers: 1 Primrose Circuit, Claremont Meadows, 2747.
  Ph: (02) 9833 1156.

Landfill

• Gipps Street Landfill: This landfill was developed approximately 40 years ago (c.1956). The proximity of the landfill to South Creek and nearby residents in Claremont Meadows has resulted in the need to remediate the site to ensure that it is not adversely affecting the environment or human health. The land is in the process of being formally recognised as unhealthy building land under the Unhealthy Building Land Act 1990. Consultants have undertaken investigations since 1994. These studies have indicated generally low risks from landfill contaminants on human health associated with the recreational land uses proposed for the site. The Environment Protection Authority has reached agreement with Council on the adequacy of investigations into the landfill site. It is envisaged that the end of 1998 would complete rehabilitation of the site. Once remediation works are complete, it is anticipated that the site will provide recreational opportunities such as parklands, sporting fields, cycling and walking paths utilising the South Creek Corridor. Source: PCC: State of the Environment Report 1996/97.

Retail

• Claremont Meadows Take Away: Shop 6 Myrtle Street Claremont Meadows
  Ph: (02) 9833 8650.
• Claremont Meadows Shopping Centre: Shop 4 182-186 Sunflower Drive. Includes Claremont Meadows IGA (Ph: (02) 9623 7094), Claremont Meadows Pharmacy, Claremont Meadows Hot Bread Shop (Ph: (02) 9673 0634) and Property Plus Claremont Meadows (Ph: (02) 9673 5888).
• Sunflower Hair Creations: Sun flower Drive, Cnr Myrtle St
  Ph: (02) 9833 9155.
  

Historical profile

Aboriginal History

Please see The Dharug Story (Penrith City Library collection 994.004 DHA) for more general information on the Dharug people. It is also available online. For information on the Aboriginal population of Claremont Meadows from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing see Population section above.

Origin of the place name - Claremont Meadows

Governor Macquarie granted Mary Bligh an additional 1055 acres of land in the Parish of Claremont as a wedding present when she married her second husband Maurice O’Connell in 1810. Her first husband John Putland had died of tuberculosis in 1808. This property was named Coallee. The O’Connells never lived on the property and in 1855 the land was initially sold to Andrew McCullock who subdivided the area into four blocks before reselling them. The western blocks, which make up the neighbourhood of Claremont Meadows, were initially purchased by Henry Nash, and later by Bryan Molloy. It was Molloy who named his property Claremont. The farm was divided between his children after his death in 1885. The area was opened up as a housing estate in 1984.

Historical Timeline

Population Historical Timeline

For more information on Claremont Meadows:

Historical

• Murray, Robert and White, Kate Dharug & Dungaree: The History of Penrith and St.Marys to 1860. Penrith City Council, Penrith, 1988.
• Nepean District Historical Society, From Castlereagh to Claremont Meadows: Historical Places of Penrith City Council, Penrith, 1997.
• Parr, Lorna, A History of the Nepean and District Street Names, Nepean District Historical Society, Penrith, 1990.
• Parr, Lorna, Penrith Calendar, Nepean District Historical Society, 1987.
• Penrith City Library Local Subject Files- Claremont Meadows.
• Stacker, Lorraine Pictorial history: Penrith & St Marys , Kingsclear Books, 2002.
• Stapleton, E. South Creek - St. Marys - From Village to City St. Marys. St. Marys Historical Society. 1983.
• Stevenson, Colin R., Place Names and their Origins within the City of Penrith, Penrith City Council, Penrith, 1985.
• Stickley, Christine, The Old Charm of Penrith, 2nd ed., the author, St. Marys, 1984.

Social

• Claremont Meadows Social Planning Project, Background Report, Penrith City Council November 1995.
• Claremont Meadows Social Plan, Penrith City Council, November 1995.
• Claremont Meadows Release Area: Draft Development Control Plan, Penrith City Council, 1998.

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