How did Kuroki Street in Penshurst come by its unusual name?
Who was Kuroki?
A Penshurst Store and a Mortdale Organist
LMG16-187 Settle and Diment’s store, Forest Road, Penshurst c1912. To the right are the Gibbs family. Mr Gibbs was the store manager. The man holding the shoe is Mr Joe Davenport, who had part of the premises as a boot-repairer. In 1907, Messrs Walter Settle and Cornelius Diment, who were in business at the Co-operative... Continue Reading →
A Douglas Motorcycle
One for the rev-heads.
Penshurst Library’s Golden Anniversary
Fifty years of Penshurst Library.
Penshurst Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Institute
A well-remembered Penshurst institution turns 100.
HMAS Sydney
Remembering local men lost in the sinking of HMAS Sydney.
St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
Intersection of Forest Road and King Georges Road 1934, showing original weatherboard church St John the Baptist Church at Penshurst began as a weatherboard structure on Forest Road constructed in 1910 and dedicated by the Archbishop of Sydney on 6 May 1914. The foundation stone read: “To the Glory of God. This stone was laid... Continue Reading →
Kogarah Block Plans
Find your street on our hundred-year-old plans.
Ithiel, Inverness Avenue
A significant house in Penshurst.
Georges River Libraries Local Studies 
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