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PENRITH
MUSEUM of
PRINTING
Established 2001
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Some
printing terms to recall:
galley, key, stone, bed, en, signature, stock, dog,
mid, magenta, dis, quarto, em, rule, stick, chapel, matrix,
stereo, slug, proof press, scoring, ream, spine, cast,
hickey, bone, sett off, back knife, ragged, recto, point,
Royal, ejector, quoin, wf reader spread, quadder,
calliper, line gauge, die, super caster, disser, em,
cutting rule, diecase, thin, mounting block, card, nut, mark
up, stet, leader, full point, punchbar, half tone, folios,
logotype,
PIca Pole. |
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This site designed
and administered by
Stique
Last Update:
August 2007
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The
story of the Penrith Museum of Printing begins with Alan Connell, the
founder of the museum who had a desire back in 1987 to put together a
"working museum" of printing machinery and equipment.
As the story goes,
many years had to pass
before Alan's dream was able to be fully realised. The Penrith
Museum of Printing was officially
opened on the 2
June 2001, by Ms Jackie
Kelly, M.P. for Lindsay, the then Minister for Sport
and Tourism.
The Nepean
Times continued operation as a "job" printing establishment for the next
25 years until 1987. At that time,
proprietors Roger and Pat Colless gave several items of the printing
equipment to Alan Connell for his purposes.
A
large proportion of the
machinery and equipment on display originally started
its
working life in the Nepean Times Newspaper in Penrith, NSW Australia.
From its earliest
beginnings, the museum has continued to develop and expand
its collection by relying on
donations, gifts and community goodwill for its survival. To you all, we say a
big, THANK YOU.
Alan Connell
(Founder)
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The Nepean Times
- "A brief history"
The Nepean Times newspaper operated in Penrith NSW from its opening in1882
till its closure
as a newspaper publisher in 1962.
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Many of Penrith's older residents
will remember when Penrith had only
one newspaper,
the Nepean Times,
which ceased publication in November
1962. First published on
March 3,
1882, the Nepean Times was the
second newspaper to be printed in
the
Penrith area.
Penrith's first
newspaper was the Penrith Argus,
begun in 1881 by
Mr. W. S. Walker
on behalf of his employer, Mr. W.
Webb, who at that time also
owned
the Campbelltown Herald.
The
following year the Nepean Times
appeared,
and with it the Penrith
Argus was incorporated.
The old
building in Station Street was the
third premises occupied by the
Nepean Times
printery and was used
by the original proprietor's
grandson, Roger Colless, until his
printing
business ceased around
1987. |
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Alfred
Colless was mayor of Penrith when he
established the Nepean Times in
1882, the first
paper being printed
in a general store on the corner of
High and Station Streets by a
William Joseph Rhodes, who had also
printed the earlier Penrith Argus
for Mr. Webb.
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A few
months
later,
the
business
was
transferred
to
larger
premises
in High
Street,
then
known as Besley's
Building.
In March
1895,
the
Nepean
Times
business
was
transferred
again to
a
Station
Street
building
where
the
paper
continued
to be
produced
until it
ceased
publication
in 1962.
When
Alfred Colless
died in
1921,
the
newspaper
business
passed
to his
son,
Alfred
Sydney Colless,
father
of
Roger.
In 1952,
the high
standards
set by
the
paper
were
recognised
when it
was
awarded
the WO
Richards
Trophy
by the
NSW
Country
Press
Association
for the
best
weekly
newspaper
in NSW.
Local
historians
have
only
begun to
appreciate
the
tremendous
contributions
made
by
the Colless
family
in
recording
the
area's
early
history.
It seems
as
though
they
were
always
aware of
the
importance
of
recording
the
reminiscences
of early
settlers,
supplying
detailed
descriptions
of
significant
local
events
and
always
including
many
important
articles
on the
area's
history.
Fortunately,
with the
co-operation
of the
Colless
family
and the
Mitchell
Library,
the
newspaper
is now
on
microfilm
at Penrith
City
Library,
where it
remains
the
central
core of
the
Library's
local
history
collection. Source: Penrith City e-history |
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