Includes index. Contents include: Muru Murak: our aboriginal heritage [aborigines] p2. The Nepean [River]: Australia’s Nile p7. European discovery and settlement p11. Cox’s Western Road p15. Crossing the Nepean p16. Peach Tree Creek p19. The Great Western Road p20. Fair Castlereagh p22. Cranebrook p29. Mount Pleasant p29. Agnes Banks p31. Penrith p32. Emu Plains: a beautiful park p64. Leonay p72. Mulgoa: Fernhill, Glenmore, Winbourne, Fairlight p79. Wallacia p80. Luddenham p84. Regentville p85. Jamisontown p87. South Penrith p88. Glenmore Park p88. Lemongrove p88. Kingswood p91. Kingswood Park p94. Orchard Hills p94. Cambridge Park p97. Cambridge Gardens p99. Londonderry p99. Llandilo p100. Berkshire Park p102. Werrington p103. Werrington County p105. Werrington Downs p105. Claremont Meadows: South Creek, Samuel Marsden and the Plain of Mamre, Dunheved p107. St Marys p109. North St Marys p127. Colyton p129. Oxley Park p131. Erskine Park p132. St Clair p133. Kemps Creek p134. Mount Vernon p134.