South Penrith, New South Wales

South Penrith Sydney, New South Wales
Representative view of South Penrith
South Penrith
Coordinates	33°46′19″S 150°42′12″E / 33.77194°S 150.70333°E / -33.77194; 150.70333Coordinates: 33°46′19″S 150°42′12″E / 33.77194°S 150.70333°E / -33.77194; 150.70333
Population	11,640 (2011 census)
• Density	2,296/km2 (5,946/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2750
Area	5.07 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Location	55 km (34 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Penrith City Council
State electorate(s)	Penrith
Federal Division(s)	Lindsay
Suburbs around South Penrith: Penrith Penrith Kingswood Jamisontown South Penrith Kingswood Glenmore Park Glenmore Park Orchard Hills

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.

Prior to European settlement, what is now South Penrith was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language. They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered yams, berries and other native plants.

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.