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The lakes themselves are a series of 12 man-made quarries from which coarse sand and gravel has been mined since the 1880s, with large-scale mining operations occurring since the 1950s. Penrith Lakes was the largest sand and gravel quarry in
Australia until the discontinuation of mining activities in
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which was formed in 1980 by the three companies that operated quarries in the area that joined together and combined their land. They planned to rehabilitate the land that was quarried so it could be used for recreational purposes with the
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which was one of the first parts of the
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Thomson, R. S.; Phillips, B. C.; Evans, L.; Golaszewski, R. (25–27 June 2014).
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The hydraulic challenges of turning the vision for
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35:2015. Penrith Lakes is managed by the
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100:Chung, Frank (18 September 2023).
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711:Lane Cove National Park
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701:Lake Parramatta Reserve
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616:Fairfield Park Precinct
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227:"Penrith Lakes | EROS"
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741:Moore Reserve, Oatley
636:Garigal National Park
509:Bede Spillane Gardens
398:Jessie Street Gardens
344:local government area
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801:Prince Alfred Square
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691:Koala Park Sanctuary
626:Fred Hollows Reserve
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366:Centennial Parklands
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291:2016-02-04
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