Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Copyright in ABS data resides with the Commonwealth of Australia. Used with permission.

NA: These figures are not yet available.

For more preliminary data on Jamisontown (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, located at the Civic Centre, 601 High Street Penrith, NSW 2750.

Economic/ Land use profile

Infrastructure

Roads

Historical profile

Aboriginal History

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

Origin of the place name - Jamisontown

Named after Thomas Jamison (1745-1811), who was granted 1,000 acres in 1805 by Governor King. Thomas Jamison arrived with Governor Phillip as Surgeon's Mate, on the First Fleet ship, "Sirius", in 1788, progressing to Surgeon-General of N.S.W. in 1803. Jamison's 1805 grant was situated south of the present Jamison Road and was bounded on the west by the Nepean River. Thomas Jamison returned to England where he died in 1811. He signed over his property in New South Wales to his son Sir John Jamison (1776-1844) who arrived in the Colony in 1814 and later built "Regentville". Jamisontown is now a neighbourhood within the locality of Penrith.

Historical Timeline

Sir John Jamison Catholic Cemetery

This cemetery is located on the northern end of Lilac Place Jamisontown. The cemetery originally stood on a small hill with panoramic views across the Regentville estate. During the 1980's it was surrounded by residential development. Sir John Jamison gave a small section of his estate for use as a burial ground by Irish Catholic convicts and workers on his estate. The cemetery dates from the 1830's with the last burial being in 1967. Nepean Family History Society transcribed this cemetery in 1994.

Bibliography

For more information on Jamisontown:

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.
• Stacker, Lorraine Pictorial history: Penrith & St Marys, Kingsclear Books, 2002.
• Stevenson, Colin R., Place Names and their Origins within the City of Penrith, Penrith City Council, Penrith, 1985.