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Research Services staff Maribel and Sally transferring the Corporate Library boxes at Parramatta Heritage and Visitor Information Centre, 2015
Parramatta City Council’s original Corporate…
Parramatta Correctional Centre. Source: James Semple Kerr, commissioned by NSW Public Works for the Department of Corrective Services, 1995.
The Parramatta Gaol was built to accommodate maximum…
There were a number of sites owned by the Department of Corrective Services situated on over 10 hectares of land around the Parramatta Gaol. These included the Parramatta prison,…
The Australian Gas Light Company was established by private interests in New South Wales on 7 September 1837 to light the streets of Sydney with coal gas. This is Australia’s second oldest…
Betty Cuthbert won a place in the hearts of Australians after winning three gold medals in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics . Winning the 100m, 200m and 100m team relay, the blue eyed girl from…
Before the year draws to a close, we should wish Parramatta High School happy 100th birthday! This historic school began its life in 1913 and has been an important educator of the young adults…
When the Parramatta Hunt Club was formed on 27th May 1833 its main objective was to improve horse breeds. One of the founders of the Parramatta Hunt Club was solicitor Charles “Charlie” Wood Readett…
Debutante accompanied by member of the 1st/17 Royal NSW Lancers.
Debutante balls were a tradition imported from Europe to Australia by the early colonists and provided an opportunity for the…
Mr. Arthur J. Brown, a local identity and businessman, as well as the owner of AJ Brown Tiles, founded the Parramatta Musical Comedy Company with his wife Renee in 1950.
Mr John Freeney, recalls…
“NO longer a town! A City! That is the State Government’s present to Parramatta on its 150th birthday…” proudly declared a Sydney newspaper.1 And what a timely gift it was for Parramatta, when in…