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The ship’s bell has a centuries long tradition of use in navy and merchant ships. Bells are used for timekeeping, sounding alarms, and ceremonies, including baptisms. It is Navy tradition for a ship’…
The Star Hotel, not one of Parramatta’s earliest or oldest hotels, but certainly one of its longest trading, had been through a number of changes when it began trading sometime around 1843 at …
Tucked away on the bank of the Parramatta River at 38 South Street, Rydalmere lies one of the area’s hidden treasures. ‘Truganini’ is likely to have been named after the Tasmanian Aboriginal woman…
Another interesting building facade backing on to Civic Square which I noticed recently is the ‘art deco‘ styled “The Strand” building on Macquarie Street. The building, now showing its age,…
‘Sutherland Estate’, later renamed Locksley Hall was built in 1881 and demolished in 1937. The estate included a two storey mansion, a large lake with an island and a boat shed. During World…
Sydney Wickham was Parramatta Council’s Town Clerk for 33 years from 1872 to 1905 and died in June 1919 aged 87 years.[1]
He was a long-term resident, having been born on-board the ship that…
The White Horse Hotel, the north west corner of George and Church Streets, was one of the best known of the hotels in Parramatta.
Initially it appears to have been known as the ‘White Horse…
Recently, while looking at early images of Church Street near the Parramatta Town Hall, I came across an image showing a structure I had not seen before. Long-time residents of Parramatta would be…
The site of the Former Parramatta Mental Hospital in North Parramatta is located on Fleet Street, where the Cumberland Hospital campus grounds now stand. Approaching the site, we could see the…
A First Fleet private marine of the 35th Company, Halfpenny decided in October 1791 to settle in the country. He had married Catherine Wilmot (Lady Juliana-1790), and with their son Joseph, settled…