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As part of my University industry placement at the Parramatta Heritage and Visitor Information Centre I was tasked with investigating the innovative use of technology and the internet in the…
Commuters in Sydney wearing masks during the influenza pandemic, 1919. Image: The Australian
A global pandemic reaches Australia
In November 1918, as peace was declared and the guns of the…
Makeshift Pneumonic Influenza hospital, Melbourne, 1919. Image: Heritage Council of Victoria
Parramatta prepares, and the pandemic arrives
In January 1919, cases of the…
Motions of Condolence. Source: Minutes of the Meeting of Dundas Municipal Council, 2 April 1919
Loss and recovery in Parramatta
As the pneumonic influenza pandemic took hold in Parramatta…
This recently catalogued collection of papers relate predominately to the work and activities of Edwin John Brown, a licensed surveyor based in Parramatta. The papers consist of a variety of…
Park Gate Hotel, corner of George and O’Connell Streets, Parramatta, view of front exterior of two storey building with cars parked in front, ca. 1913. (Object Number LSP00701)
Park Gate Hotel…
On 5 July 1822, the inaugural meeting of the Agricultural Society of NSW was held at the residence of James Robertson, a jeweller and watchmaker of 96 George Street Sydney. This…
The Parramatta City Council Chambers, previously called the ‘Administrative Building’, served Council for over 57 years. Located behind the Town Hall the Chambers Building was, by 2015,…
Parramatta Council’s first public library opened in 1958 in Jubilee Hall at Parramatta Town Hall. Jubilee Hall was previously used as offices by Council, however following Council’s move to…
From Parramatta Council’s Archives comes this footage of Civic Week Celebrations in 1952. According to the Civic Week Programme, the purpose of Civic Week was “to urge people to greater civic…