Glenmore Park, New South Wales

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 Jamison (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.

Prior to European settlement, what is now Glenmore Park 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.[2]

Henry Cox, another prominent local landowner, (the son of William Cox) also built a residence in the area. He called it Glenmore.[3] 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.[4]

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 23,004 people in Glenmore Park.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.
• 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, India 2.7%, Philippines 1.9%, New Zealand 1.3% and South Africa 0.6%.
• 81.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 1.7%, Arabic 1.2%, Tagalog 1.0%, Hindi 0.9% and Spanish 0.7%.
• The most common responses for religion were Catholic 34.9%, No Religion 20.4% and Anglican 19.8%.[1]

The residents are primarily young families living in detached houses. The median age of people in the suburb was 32, younger than the national median of 38. 59.0% were couples with children compared to the national average of 45.7%. Of the occupied private dwellings in Glenmore Park, 91.5% were separate houses and 7.6% were semi-detached. Most dwellings were owned with a mortgage (55.0%) rather than owned outright (21.1%) or rented (22.0%). The median household income ($2,213 per week) was substantially higher than the national median ($1,438).[1]

As such, the population is typically local families, many of whom are home-owners or aspiring home-owners. Suburbs like Glenmore Park are often considered part of the mortgage belt of Western Sydney. There are some units and semi-detached houses in the shopping centre area, though the majority are detached with reasonable size house blocks, well kept gardens and abundant mature native trees.

Glenmore Park is also the home to Paul Nightingale. He is known throughout Penrith as the fastest red head in the West. From 2013-2015 he was crowned the winner of the prestigious award of the sexiest man in Glenmore Park.

Glenmore Park's rugby league club is the Glenmore Park Brumbies. 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 on an old Brisbane Broncos logo.

Glenmore Park's football club is Glenmore Park FC.[10] They play in purple, yellow and white. They are the largest football club in the Nepean district as administered by the Nepean Football Association.

Glenmore Park's cricket club is the Glenmore Park Cricket Club. Like all cricket clubs, they play in plain white, but their logo includes red and black.

Glenmore Park’s Netball club is the Glenmore Park Netball Club. They play in green, blue. They play in the Penrith District Netball Association.