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The area between the Parramatta River foreshore and the railway line next to Parramatta Square was originally a shallow valley of numerous low mounds and depressions all of which were imperfectly…
In September 1796 Governor Hunter directed the building of a wooden gaol on the northern riverbank of the new settlement at Parramatta. This 100 foot (30.5 Metre) gaol was on built on the site…
The site of the Connection Arcade at Centenary Square, opposite St John’s Church, marks the place where Parramatta’s first shopping arcade was constructed.
The arcade was constructed in 1925-26…
The Rangihou Reserve in Parramatta was central to Maori activity in Australia in the early 1800s. This was mainly due to the support and encouragement of Samuel Marsden who set up a school and…
Councillor Barber was raised in East Parramatta, educated at Parramatta East Public and Macquarie Boys High Schools and went to work as a shift controller at the Shell Refinery in 1976. His…
Lord Mayor 1995-1996, 1998-1999, 2002-2004, 2009-2010, 2015-
Councillor Garrard was born in Granville and was educated at Marist Brothers Auburn (now know as Benedict College). After completing…
Perth House, 85 George Street, Parramatta
Perth House is aesthetically and technically significant. It is a single storey Colonial Victorian Georgian residence with a hipped roof to a central…
Mayor for the years 1940 – 1946. Alderman 1926 – 1939, 1947 – 1953. Died 12th February, 1984
(From The Advertiser, 22nd February, 1984) A former Mayor of Parramatta, Mr. Phillip Jeffery, has…
PRINCE ALFRED SQUARE
Church St, Victoria Rd, Marist Place & Market St
Beginning at Lennox Bridge, cross to the corner of the Par k and follow the park boundary in an anti- clockwise…
On the morning of the 24 August 1968 the prisoners were being mustered as usual in the gaol’s exercise yard when the warders suddenly noticed two men climbing the 25 foot wall of the yard using a…