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Street lighting maintenance unit, Parramatta and Granville Electric Supply Company, ca. 1928. LSP00837
The town of Tamworth in New South Wales pioneered electric street lighting in Australia in…
Initially the female factories in Australia were not just places of incarceration,they also provided a space where women could work for rations and for some, find refuge and a place to sleep.…
A problem faced by the early settlers in Sydney and Parramatta was a lack of wind or water powered mills with which to grind cereal crops. One of the earliest actions taken to address this…
Harrisford House, George Street, Parramatta, 2014. Source: Geoff Barker, Parramatta City Council
The first lessons given by this famous Australian institution were in February 1832 in a house…
The first public house in Parramatta was run by Captain Essex Henry Bond who was granted the first beer license by Judge Advocate Collins on 20 October 1792. Bond had brought a large stock of…
Part of the Australian 1 Battalion resting ANZAC Cove, 25 April, 1915, photo by Lance Corporal C F Hamilton, reproduced from Charles Bean, Vol 12, 55
The 1 Infantry Battalion was part of first…
Walking down the steps from the end of Albert Street to Fleet Street, Parramatta North, what is most noticeable, apart from the sudden drop in street levels, is the abundance of roughly hewed …
On May 30, 1871, The Sydney Morning Herald cheerfully reported the introduction of gas lighting to Parramatta:
At last we are likely to enjoy what we have long sighed for – gas lighted streets…
Granville District Soccer and Football Club Foundation Committee [ACC171.001.029] Source: Parramatta Heritage Centre
The Parramatta Archives, Research, and Cultural Collections have just…
The Council Works Depot at Parramatta is in many ways its heart for it is from here that all the materials needed to upgrade and upkeep Parramatta’s streets, gardens, footpaths and other amenities…