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This is the unlikely true story of an habitual criminal, Anthes, who tried to break into Parramatta Gaol so he could retrieve the songs he had written while an inmate there.
The story started some…
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Peter Whitehead, one of the high profile drivers practicing at Parramatta Park.
It was perhaps the first time such an event was to be held in Sydney – a Grand Prix in Parramatta Park. The event…
There is much we don’t know about Joseph August Faust. What we do know is that he was born in New York in 1871, of German heritage and spent his childhood in Pittsburgh. He migrated to Sydney in 1887…
The Female Factory interview transcripts were prepared from a recording undertaken by Michelle Goodman [MG] interviewing Anne Mathews [AM] on 12 December 2017 at the Parramatta Heritage Centre for…
The front of the 1821 Female Factory building had a clock
thought to be one of the oldest public clocks in Australia. The original clock was made by Thwaites and Reed who are best known for…
The town of Parramatta may have been established on the 2 November 1788, but this proclamation was made on Phillip’s second visit to Parramatta, or Rose Hill as it was first named.
Earlier in the…
Parramatta Foundation Week celebrations, have in the past, begun with a procession down Church Street. This video shows the beginning of the parade to mark the opening of the 1972 Foundation…
Mayor for the years 1916 – 1917. Alderman 1909 – 1915. Died 9th May, 1922
(From The Cumberland Argus, May 10th, 1922) We learnt with regret on Tuesday that Mr. F. J. Thomas, the well known…
Frank Beames was Mayor for the years 1889 and 1891 and Alderman 1886 – 1888, 1890. He died 14th March, 1925.
(From The Cumberland Argus, March 20th, 1925) There passed away on Saturday at his…