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Constitution Hill - Origin of Street Names
Constitution Hill is a suburb of the City of Parramatta, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.. The suburb overlooks the city of Parramatta from above and views of the Sydney city skyline can…
Camellia - Origin of Street Names
Camellia is currently an industrial area on the south bank of the Parramatta River, and also bounded by the Duck River to the east, the suburb of Rosehill and Grand Avenue in the south, and James…
Bernie Banton AM
Bernard Douglas Banton AM was born in Parramatta NSW in 1946 and passed away from asbestosis and asbestos-related pleural disease (ARPD) in Novmeber 2007. He was sixty - one at the time of his death…
Parramatta Undertakers - Mr and Mrs Jordan Sparks
In August 1853, Mr Jordan Sparks (c1813-1878) advertised in the Empire newspaper that he had established an undertaking business in Marsden Street, Parramatta. He had previously been a plumber,…
Historic houses - “Nerrigundah"
On the corner of Church and Rosehill Streets, Parramatta, were two significant houses - “Nerrigundah” (see photo above) and "Glen Ross Private Hospital". Both have long since been demolished and…
Harmony Day: a celebration of cultural diversity of Australia
Harmony Day (Source: Vinyl World) On Monday 21 March, people across Australia will come together to celebrate Harmony Day. This year, theme for Harmony Day is “Everyone Belongs”. Harmony Day is…
History of Mayfair Mall (former Byron’s Fish, Oyster and Grill Cafe)
The photo above is George Street, looking towards the George Street gatehouse of Parramatta Park. As the title indicates, the focus of this article is the Fish and Oysters Cafe on the north…
Saint Patrick’s Day - 17 March
Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461) was a 4th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. It is believed that Patrick was born in Roman Britain, into a wealthy Romano-British…
Anzac Day 2025.
ANZAC - Australian and New Zealand Army Corpsthe soldiers in those forces quickly became known as Anzacs, and the pride they took in that name endures to this dayWhat does ANZAC mean today?…
Francis Oakes and Rebecca Oakes - Pioneers of Parramatta
Francis Oakes was born on 15 April 1770 at Foleshill, Warwickshire, England. He was a shoemaker by trade, and he volunteered as an artisan missionary to go to the South Seas in the Duff in 1796. He…

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