By Emma Stockburn
Sydney Paralympic Opening Ceremony https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000
The Paralympic Games, or Paralympics, are held every four years on an international stage.…
Since September 2016, a marginal area of the suburb of Lidcombe NSW belongs to the City of Parramatta Council Local Government Area and forms part of the Rosehill Ward. The majority of Lidcombe…
The suburb of Epping is bounded by the Hills (M2) Motorway in the north, Terrys Creek in the east, the suburb of Eastwood, Pearl Avenue, Epping Avenue, Mobbs Lane and Valley Road in the south, and…
Pemulwuy, an Aboriginal warrior was born into the 'woods tribes' or Bediagal (Bidjigal) clan around 1750, on the northern side of what we now know as the Georges River, …
The suburb of Wentworth Point is bounded by Parramatta River in the north, Homebush Bay in the east, Haslams Creek and Bennelong Parkway in the south, and Hill Road, Burroway Road and the suburb of…
Council celebrates the Bicentenary of Parramatta’s Lancer Barracks
- the oldest military barracks in mainland Australia.
The City of Parramatta pays tribute to the Lancer Barracks legacy…
The Lancer Barracks - LSP00894 (Source: Local Studies Photographic Collection, City of Parramatta)
In 1818, under instructions from Governor Macquarie, Lt. John Watts of His Majesty’s 46th…
Fred Isaac Kilpatrick was born in 1873 in Adelong, New South Wales. In 1884, his family moved to Leichhardt, Sydney where he attends Leichhardt Superior School. In 1890s Fred joined Department of…
The City of Parramatta Research and Collection Services, along with a team of dedicated volunteers, compiled the biographies of 1,962 soldiers, seamen and nurses from the Parramatta District – the…
Adapted from Plan of the Military Barracks Parramatta c1820 Mitchell Library Bonwick Transcripts Box 36, Plan 9
1799 grant of lease of 5 ¾ acres to…