On our pathway towards reconciliation, Sorry Day on 26 May is an important moment to remember the past policies of forced child removal. Here, we reflect on the sad and painful history of the…
The bestowing of a ‘Key to the City’ to an individual or group is intended to confer trust and honour.
The tradition is derived from medieval times, when an actual key was given to the gates of a…
Westmead Hospital, c. late-1990s (Source: City of Parramatta Archives, PCC Photographs Collection)
The history of health services in Western Sydney began with a tent hospital established in…
Parramatta Lunatic Asylum Dormitory, June 1861
Since the first transfer of patients in 1846, the site has remained home to psychiatric and mental health for Western Sydney, although it has…
The suburb of Telopea is located between Pennant Hills Road and Adderton Road, spilling over the ridge into the west of Dundas Valley. To its south is the suburb of Oatlands.[1]
The suburb’s name…
Aerial photograph of Camellia. Source: Six Maps
The suburb of Camellia is an industrial suburb on the south bank of the Parramatta River, east of the Parramatta CBD. It is part of the Rosehill…
This historic precinct of Parramatta includes the section of the river from the Gasworks Bridge to the Marsden Street. It was once the heart of the township where industry, commerce and…
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Research Library reopens at PHIVE, 5 Parramatta Square
Changes are being made at the Parramatta Heritage and Visitor Information Centre Research Library and City branch Library…
Celebrating 60,000 years of culture with our First Nations programme of events and activities.Warami Festival (pronounced Wuh-rah-mee) is our programme of First Nations events and activities taking…